Female mating preferences for colourful males in a population of guppies subject to high predation

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1154-1159

  Evans, J P ^a,b   Bisazza, A ^a   Pilastro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colouration; Guppy; Mate choice; Poecilia reticulata; Predator

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PREDATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 5144220867     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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