Algal-searching ability in laboratory experiments reflects orange spot coloration of the male guppy in the wild

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-113

  Karino, Kenji ^a   Shinjo, Shinya ^a   Sato, Aya ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid based coloration; Foraging ability; Indirect benefit; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 34547557185     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907779947427     Document Type: Review

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