Male competition is disruptive to courtship in the Pacific blue-eye

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Wong, B B M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship disruption; Male male competition; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COURTSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE;

NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGIL; PSEUDOMUGIL SIGNIFER; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 4143114552     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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