Consensus among females in their choice of males in the guppy Poecilia reticulata

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 395-400

  Kodric Brown, Astrid ^a   Nicoletto, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Courtship intensity; Female choice; Guppy; Male phenotypes

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0030466260     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050306     Document Type: Article

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