Sexual coercion and the opportunity for sexual selection in guppies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 515-522

  Head, Megan L ^a   Brooks, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33644658546     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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