Patterns of investment of the reproductive strategy of two stream-dwelling Characidae Padrões de investimento da estratégia reprodutiva de duas espécies de Characidae de riacho

The reproductive strategy of two congeneric species (Astyanax janeiroensis - AJ and Astyanax hastatus - AH) was assessed, in order to address the costs imposed by different investment patterns, on four major life history characters: migratory behaviour, breeding time, fecundity and egg size. Altitud...

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Main Authors: R. Mazzoni, R. Iglesias-Rios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2007-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842007000400015