Female mate choice in a mating system dominated by sexual coercion

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Vaccari, Giorgio ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female choice; Fish; Gambusia holbrooki; Mating tactics; Sexual coercion; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 0035143269     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.beheco.a000379     Document Type: Article

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