The use of digitally-modified videos to study the function of ornamentation and courtship in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-342

  Nicoletto, Paul F ^a   Kodric Brown, Astrid ^b  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue color spot; Courtship intensity; Female choice; Orange color spot

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DIGITAL IMAGE; FISH; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0032739773     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007444904705     Document Type: Article

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