Eavesdropping and mate choice in female fighting fish

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1655-1669

  Doutrelant, Claire ^a,b,c   McGregor, Peter K ^a  

^a Zoological Institute   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0034557338     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502763     Document Type: Article

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