Multiple sexual ornaments coevolve with multiple mating preferences

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-45

  Brooks, Robert ^a,b   Couldridge, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guppies; Indirect selection; Mate choice; Mating preferences; Multiple ornaments; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATE CHOICE;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0032780075     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303219     Document Type: Article

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