Size-dependent male mating behaviour and sexual harassment in a population of Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana) from a sulphur creek

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Plath, Martin ^a,b,c   Brümmer, Anja ^a   Parzefall, Jakob ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulphide; Hypoxia; Mating tactic; Poeciliidae; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 33746218896     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-005-0008-9     Document Type: Article

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