Geographic variation in female mate-copying in the species complex of a unisexual fish, Poecilia formosa

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1041-1064

  Heubel, Katja U ^a,b,c   Hornhardt, Katja ^a   Ollmann, Tanja ^a   Parzefall, Jakob ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^b   Schlupp, Ingo ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association preferences; Evolution of mate copying; Female choice; Male mating behaviour; Sexual asexual coexistence; Video playback; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA FORMOSA;

EID: 44349083551     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908784474533     Document Type: Article

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