The trade-off between foraging and courting in male guppies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 673-681

  Abrahams, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FORAGING; GUPPY; TRADE-OFF;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0027451163     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1993.1082     Document Type: Article

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