The relative influences of sexual and natural selection upon the evolution of male nuptial colouration in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-510

  Ward, J L ^a   McLennan, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culaea inconstans; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Nuptial colour; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 33748943123     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906776240669     Document Type: Article

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