Female reproductive tactics in a sex-role reversed pipefish: scanning for male quality and number

Theoretical studies predict that females should invest in current reproduction according to both the expected payoffs from mating with different-quality males and their future mating prospects. The Syngnathidae family, with its male pregnancy together with the occurrence of varying degrees of sex-ro...

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Main Author: Silva, K. (author)
Other Authors: Almada, Vítor Carvalho (author), Vieira, Maria Natividade (author), Monteiro, Nuno Miguel (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1385
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/1385