Limitations to colour-based sexual preferences in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 413-416

  Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a   Barber, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Nuptial coloration; Sexual selection; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FISH; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0034128904     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050684     Document Type: Article

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