Intersexual and intrasexual selection, sneak copulation and male ornamentation in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

South African Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 48-52

  Brooks, Robert ^a,b   Caithness, Neil ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0032703507     PISSN: 02541858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1999.11448487     Document Type: Article

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