Early nutritional conditions, growth trajectories and mate choice: Does compensatory growth lead to a reduction in adult sexual attractiveness?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1007-1014

  Walling, Craig A ^a,b   Royle, Nick J ^a,b   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Lindström, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Mate choice; Senescence; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 34147144047     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0333-7     Document Type: Article

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