Reversal of a female preference after visual exposure to a predator in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1007-1015

  Gong, Anson ^a   Gibson, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

CAROTENOID; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MATE CHOICE; TRINIDADIAN GUPPY;

EID: 0030274196     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0248     Document Type: Article

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