Disentangling female mate choice and male competition in the rainbow darter, Etheostoma caeruleum

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 138-148

  Fuller, Rebecca C ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANHINGIDAE; ANIMALIA; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM;

EID: 0037467022     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0138:DFMCAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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