Lighting environment predicts the relative abundance of male colour morphs in bluefin killifish (Lucania goodei) populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1499, 2002, Pages 1457-1465

  Fuller, Rebecca C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness; Contrast; Fundulidae; Polymorphism; Sensory drive; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; BRIGHTNESS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ILLUMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; LIGHT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULIDAE; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LUCANIA GOODEI;

EID: 41049100432     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2042     Document Type: Article

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