Colorful male guppies do not provide females with fecundity benefits

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-381

  Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Gasparini, Clelia ^a   Boschetto, Chiara ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Direct benefits; Fecundity; Female choice; Male sexual secondary characters; Sperm number

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MALE; MATE CHOICE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPERM COMPETITION; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 44849133367     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm140     Document Type: Article

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