Changes in male guppy courting distance in response to a fluctuating light environment

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-83

  Long, Kevin D ^a,b   Rosenqvist, Gunilla ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Courtship; Environmental irradiance; Fish vision; Guppy; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FISH; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE BEHAVIOR;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0031697487     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050518     Document Type: Article

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