Predator preference for brightly colored males in the guppy: A viability cost for a sexually selected trait

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-200

  Godin, Jean Guy J ^a,b   McDonough, Heather E ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color; Fish; Fitness cost; Guppy; Ornament; Poecilia reticulata; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COST; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; ORNAMENTATION; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AEQUIDENS PULCHER; CICHLIDAE; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0037356456     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.2.194     Document Type: Article

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