The effects of resource availability on alternative mating tactics in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 294-300

  Kolluru, Gita R ^a   Grether, Gregory F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alternative reproductive tactic; Food availability; Food intake; Guppy; Intrasexual competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12244269944     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh161     Document Type: Article

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