Head over heels: an examination of a possible mating signal in female swordtails, Xiphophorus cortezi

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1073-1081

  Fernandez, André A ^a   Fernandez, Loraine R ^a   Toth, Lauren ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

female mating signal; female preference; headstand; male preference; sexual selection; swordtail; Xiphophorus cortezi

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEOST;

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI;

EID: 49149106874     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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