Female preference for dynamic traits in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 811-820

  Rosenthal, Gil G ^a,b   Evans, Christophlr S ^a,c   Miller, William L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; GREEN SWORDTAIL; MATE CHOICE;

XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI;

EID: 0029775939     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0085     Document Type: Article

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