Operational sex ratio and density do not affect directional selection on male sexual ornaments and behavior

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-144

  Head, Megan L ^a,b   Lindholm, Anna K ^a,c   Brooks, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Density; Guppies; Microsatellite paternity analysis; Operational sex ratio; Opportunity for sexual selection; Selection analysis; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 37749008843     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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