Independent effects of male and female density on sexual harassment, female fitness, and male competition for mates in the western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1349-1358

  Smith, Chad C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Operational sex ratio; Poeciliidae; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPULATION; CYPRINID; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 34250630981     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0365-7     Document Type: Article

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