Are males with more attractive resources more selective in their mate preferences? A test in a polygynous species

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 366-371

  Itzkowitz, M ^a   Haley, M ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Beaugregory damselfish; Courtship; Habitat quality; Mate choice; Stegastes leucostictus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COURTSHIP; DAMSELFLY; POLYGYNY;

CHROMIS CHROMIS; ODONATA; STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0032831917     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.4.366     Document Type: Article

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