Size-dependent female mate copying in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata): Large females are role models but small ones are not

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-586

  Vukomanovic, Jelena ^a   Rodd, F Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SIZE EFFECT;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 34547408357     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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