Sex ratio dynamics and fluctuating selection pressures in natural populations of the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-468

  Pettersson, Lars B ^a,b   Ramnarine, Indar W ^c   Becher, S Anette ^b   Mahabir, Rajindra ^c   Magurran, Anne E ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Fish; Population dynamics; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 1642276438     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0727-8     Document Type: Article

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