Male mating tactics in the northern mountain swordtail fish (Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl): Coaxing and coercing females to mate

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 977-988

  Morris, Molly R ^a   Rios Cardenas, Oscar ^b   Darrah, Abby ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FINFISH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS NEZAHUALCOYOTL;

EID: 52649173171     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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