Mixed-species shoals and the maintenance of a sexual-asexual mating system in mollies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 885-890

  Schlupp, Ingo ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

AMAZON MOLLY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; SAILFIN MOLLY;

EID: 0030274206     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0236     Document Type: Article

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