Repeatable female preferences, mating order and mating success in the poeciliid fish, Heterandria formosa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 238-244

  Aspbury, Andrea S ^a   Basolo, Alexandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating costs; Poeciliidae; Repeatability; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

HETERANDRIA FORMOSA; POECILIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036488042     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-001-0443-1     Document Type: Article

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