Male mating success in relation to food availability in the common goby

✍ Scribed by O. Svensson; E. Forsgren

• Book ID: 104455607
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 79 KB
• Volume: 62
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-1112
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00088.x

✦ Synopsis

In a feeding experiment with the common goby Pomatoschistus microps, there was no female preference for well‐fed males, although these males had a higher mating success. This suggests that care should be taken about drawing conclusions regarding mate choice and mating success based on mate preference tests alone.