Parasitized female guppies do not prefer showy males

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1129-1134

  López, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GYRODACTYLUS TURNBULLI; MONOGENEA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0033135732     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1064     Document Type: Article

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