Green swordtails alter their age at maturation in response to the population level of male ornamentation

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-146

  Walling, Craig A ^a,b   Royle, Nick J ^a,b   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Lindström, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history strategy; Local mate competition; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual maturation; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEOST; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI;

XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 45849136696     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0608     Document Type: Article

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