Population density influences male-male competition in guppies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1169-1175

  Jirotkul, Mullica ^a  

^a WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0033403775     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1248     Document Type: Article

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