Multiple mating influences offspring size in guppies

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1184-1188

  Ojanguren, A F ^a,c   Evans, J P ^b   Magurran, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Poecilia reticulata; Polyandry; Reproductive investment; Trinidadian guppy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33748985629     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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