Male body size and male-male competition: Interspecific variation in poeciliid fishes

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-369

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Novarini, Nicola ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male male competition; Poeciliidae; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BELONESOX BELIZANUS; GIRARDINUS; GIRARDINUS FALCATUS; HETERANDRIA FORMOSA; PHALLOCEROS CAUDIMACULATUS; PISCES; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0000420510     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009609356160     Document Type: Article

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