Sharing of Potential Nest Sites by Etheostoma olmstedi Males Suggests Mutual Tolerance in an Alloparental Species

Kelly A. Stiver; Stephen H. Wolff; Suzanne H. Alonzo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056041

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Sharing of Potential Nest Sites by Etheostoma olmstedi Males Suggests Mutual Tolerance in an Alloparental Species

Kelly A. Stiver ,

* E-mail: stiverk1@southernct.edu

Affiliations Psychology Department, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Stephen H. Wolff,

Affiliation Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Suzanne H. Alonzo

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Sharing of Potential Nest Sites by Etheostoma olmstedi Males Suggests Mutual Tolerance in an Alloparental Species

Kelly A. Stiver,
Stephen H. Wolff,
Suzanne H. Alonzo

Published: February 28, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056041

About the Authors

Kelly A. Stiver

* E-mail: stiverk1@southernct.edu

Affiliations Psychology Department, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Stephen H. Wolff

Affiliation Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Suzanne H. Alonzo

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to analysis decisions: SHA. Conceived and designed the experiments: KAS SHA. Performed the experiments: KAS SHW. Analyzed the data: KAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHA. Wrote the paper: KAS SHW SHA.

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