A receiver bias in the origin of three-spined stickleback mate choice

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1542, 2004, Pages 949-955

  Smith, Carl ^a   Barber, Iain ^b   Wootton, Robert J ^b   Chittka, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour; Gasterosteidae; Mate choice; Sensory bias; Sensory drive; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVOLUTION; FISH; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FORAGE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LABORATORY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LETHRINUS LATICAUDIS; MARTES PENNANTI; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 2342524620     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2690     Document Type: Article

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