Within and between species variation in male mating behaviors in the Mexican sailfin mollies Poecilia velifera and P. petenensis

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 802-812

  Hankison, Shala J ^a,b   Ptacek, Margaret B ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM; SIGNALING;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA VELIFERA;

EID: 34447502035     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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