The allure of the distinctive: Reduced sexual responsiveness of female guppies to 'redundant' male colour patterns

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-481

  Hampton, Katherine J ^a   Hughes, Kimberly A ^b,c   Houde, Anne E ^a  

^a LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 64949123041     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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