Female preference and the maintenance of male fin ornamentation in three egg-mimic darters (pisces: Percidae)

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 267-271

  Strange, Rex Meade ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE ATTRACTION; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST;

EID: 0034979954     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2001.9663812     Document Type: Article

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