Large body size for winning and large swords for winning quickly in swordtail males, Xiphophorus helleri

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1981-1987

  Prenter, John ^a,b   Taylor, Phillip W ^b   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

honest signal; male male contest; mutual assessment; self assessment; swordtail fish; Xiphophorus helleri

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HONEST SIGNALING; MALE BEHAVIOR; SELF ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 44349133344     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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