Female preferences for sailfin and body size in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 363-379

  MacLaren, R David ^a   Rowland, William J ^a   Morgan, Nicole ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 2542559731     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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