Shift in investment between sexually selected traits: Tarnishing of the silver spoon

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 665-671

  Basolo, Alexandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN SWORDTAIL; MATE CHOICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI;

EID: 0031923214     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0634     Document Type: Article

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