Female preferences for single and combined traits in computer animated stickleback males

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 681-685

  Künzler, Reto ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer animation; Courtship; Female mate preference; Redness

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LETHRINUS LATICAUDIS;

EID: 0035673246     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.6.681     Document Type: Article

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