Does a sexually selected trait represent a burden in locomotion?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1161-1170

  Kruesi, K ^a   Alcaraz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Critical swimming speed; Male ornamentation; Poeciliidae; Sword; Xiphophorus montezumae

Indexed keywords

POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS MONTEZUMAE;

EID: 34247274854     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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