Do male sticklebacks prefer females with red ornamentation?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1344-1349

  Nordeide, Jarle Tryti ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CORRELATION METHODS;

STICKLEBACKS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COLOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0036931253     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z02-116     Document Type: Article

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