Shared preferences by predators and females for male ornaments in swordtails

American Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-154

  Rosenthal, G G ^a   Martinez, T Y F ^a   Garcia de Leon F J ^a   Ryan, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Poeciliidae; Predation; Sexual selection; Visual signals; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

ORNAMENTATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ASTYANAX MEXICANUS;

EID: 0034926419     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321309     Document Type: Article

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