Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-488

  Pierotti, Michele E R ^a,b,c   Knight, Mairi E ^d   Immler, Simone ^e   Barson, Nicola J ^f   Turner, George F ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Male preferences; Mate choice; Sex determination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; HARBOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PSEUDOTROPHEUS SP. 'GOLD';

EID: 45349085364     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm154     Document Type: Article

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