Female mate-choice copying in guppies, Poecilia reticulata: A re-evaluation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-586

  Lafleur, Daniel L ^b   Lozano, G A ^a   Sclafani, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; GUPPY; MATE CHOICE; MATE-CHOICE COPYING;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0031239281     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0452     Document Type: Article

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