Influence of male harassment and female competition on female feeding behaviour in a sexual-asexual mating complex of mollies (Poecilia mexicana, P. formosa)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1689-1699

  Heubel, Katja U ^a,c   Plath, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Female female competition; Food competition; Gynogenesis; Poeciliidae; Sexual conflict; Sexual harassment; Sexual asexual coexistence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 50249084449     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0597-1     Document Type: Article

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