Risky sex: male pipefishes mate at random in the presence of a predator
@article{Berglund1993RiskySM,
title={Risky sex: male pipefishes mate at random in the presence of a predator},
author={Anders Berglund},
journal={Animal Behaviour},
year={1993},
volume={46},
pages={169-175}
}Whether the presence of a predator alters courtship behaviour and mating in male pipefish, Syngnathus typhle, was studied experimentally by first allowing a male to choose between a large and a sma ...
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