Headstands: A sexually selected signal in the swordtail fish Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1247-1262

  Lyons, Susan M ^a   Morris, Molly R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female preference; Headstands; Male aggression; Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS NEZAHUALCOYOTL;

EID: 49749137427     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908785387656     Document Type: Article

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