Quantifying male attractiveness and mating behaviour through phenotypic size manipulation in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-374

  Magellan, Kit ^a   Pettersson, Lars B ^b   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Guppy; Life history decisions; Male size; Mating behaviour; Phenotypic manipulation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 22844449219     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0950-6     Document Type: Article

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