Predation risk as a driving force for sexual segregation: A cross-population comparison

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-878

  Croft, Darren P ^a,b   Morrell, Lesley J ^a   Wade, Amy S ^a   Piyapong, Chantima ^a   Ioannou, Christos C ^a   Dyer, John R G ^a   Chapman, Ben B ^a   Wong, Yan ^a   Krause, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guppy; Habitat segregation; Poecilia reticulata; Predation risk; Sexual harassment; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

FISH; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL CONFLICT; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATION; RIVER; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; MAMMALIA; POECILIA RETICULATA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33745683694     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504853     Document Type: Article

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