Secondary reduction of preference for the sword ornament in the pygmy swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis (Pisces: Poeciliidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Rosenthal, Gil G ^a   Wagner, William E ^a,b   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PISCES; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 0036059361     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1887     Document Type: Article

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