Responses to conspecific and heterospecific olfactory cues in the swordtail Xiphophorus cortezi

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1077-1088

  McLennan, Deborah A ^a,b   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL USE; MATE RECOGNITION; OLFACTORY CUES; SWORDTAIL;

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI; XIPHOPHORUS MONTEZUMAE; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 0030691742     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0504     Document Type: Article

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