Small male mating advantage and reversed size dimorphism in poeciliid fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 397-406

  Bisazza, A ^a   Pilastro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

mating tactics; poeciliids; reversed sexual size dimorphism; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031080621     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0303     Document Type: Article

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