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Male size and parental care in the sand goby,Pomatoschistus minutus

 

作者: K. Lindström,   M. Hellström,  

 

期刊: Ethology Ecology & Evolution  (Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期: Volume 5, issue 1  

页码: 97-106

 

ISSN:0394-9370

 

年代: 1993

 

DOI:10.1080/08927014.1993.9523117

 

出版商: Taylor & Francis Group

 

关键词: hetero-cannibalism;egg guarding;paternal care;Pisces;Pomatoschistus minutus

 

数据来源: Taylor

 

摘要:

Sand goby males guarding eggs from one female without access to food lost 13.9% of their body weight over a caring period of 10 days. This was more than twice the body weight lost by non-guarding males, who had nests but no eggs (weight loss 5.8%). Caring for the eggs therefore imposes an energetic cost on the male. Egg losses in the field were on average 3.3% of the egg mass. Males with egg losses were on average smaller than males without losses and they also had smaller egg masses. If a male was removed and his nest taken by a new male, 31.0 to 100.0% of the original eggs were eaten within 24 hr. In guarding males we never observed hetero-cannibalism. The proportion of time a male spent fanning was positively correlated to his standard length, larger males spending more time fanning. It is concluded that larger males are better fathers.

 

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