Inter-population variation in male mating behaviours in the sailfin mollie, Poecilia latipinna

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-71

  Ptacek, Margaret B ^a   Travis, Joseph ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA SPHENOPS;

BODY SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOUR; SAILFIN MOLLY;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0030176765     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0152     Document Type: Article

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