Sex differences in the trade-off between feeding and mating in the guppy

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 891-898

  Griffiths, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guppy; Harassment; Poecilia reticulata; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; TRADE-OFF;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0030453441     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01484.x     Document Type: Article

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