Interspecific mate choice in sailfin and shortfin species of mollies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1145-1154

  Ptacek, Margaret B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE;

POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIA ORRI;

EID: 0032213740     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0909     Document Type: Article

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