Female behaviour mediates male courtship under predation risk in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 496-502

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Kelley, Jennifer L ^b   Ramnarine, Indar W ^c   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Guppies; Poeciliidae; Predators; Sneaky mating

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNEAK COPULATION;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

POECILIA RETICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0036872136     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0535-6     Document Type: Article

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