The role of ultraviolet wavelengths in the mate-choice decisions of female three-spined sticklebacks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1453-1458

  Boulcott, P D ^a   Walton, K ^a   Braithwaite, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Light vision; Mate choice; Three spined stickleback; Ultraviolet; UV

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVATION; PIGMENTATION; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 18944387710     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01569     Document Type: Article

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