Role of male-male competition and female choice in the development of breeding coloration in pupfish (Cyprinodon pecosensis)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 431-437

  Kodric Brown, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

breeding coloration; experimental manipulations; female choice; intersexual selection; intrasexual selection; pupfish; social signal

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODON PECOSENSIS;

COLOUR; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; PECOS PUPFISH;

EID: 0030302878     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.431     Document Type: Article

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