Prudent male mate choice under perceived sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquito fish

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-282

  Wong, Bob B M ^a   McCarthy, Miranda ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eavesdropping; Intrasexual competition; Mate choice copying; Poeciliidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYPRINID; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 64949152256     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp010     Document Type: Article

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