Female preference for symmetry in computer-animated three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 156-161

  Mazzi, Dominique ^a,d   Künzler, Reto ^a,c   Bakker, Theo C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer animations; Female preference; Fluctuating asymmetry; Sexual selection; Three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0038487003     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0609-0     Document Type: Article

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