Female mating preferences for male morphological traits used in species and mate recognition in the Mexican sailfin mollies, Poecilia velifera and Poecilia petenensis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-474

  Kozak, Heather L ^a   Cirino, Lauren A ^a   Ptacek, Margaret B ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female mating preferences; Poecilia petenensis; Poecilia velifera; Sexual selection; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST; VISUAL CUE;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA PETENENSIS; POECILIA VELIFERA;

EID: 45349085766     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm139     Document Type: Article

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