Female choice for large body size in the cave molly, Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae, Teleostei): Influence of species- and sex-specific cues

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1147-1160

  Plath, Martin ^a,b   Schlupp, Ingo ^a   Parzefall, Jakob ^c   Riesch, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave fish; Mate choice; Sensory shift; Sexual selection; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 34548685310     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781890931     Document Type: Article

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