Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed mates

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 721-725

  Fisher, Heidi S ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FISH; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHEROMONE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERMATOPHORE;

XIPHOPHORUS BIRCHMANNI;

EID: 33748186991     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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