The effect of social environment during ontogeny on life history expression in the guppy Poecilia reticulata

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2329-2337

  Magellan, K ^a,b   Magurran, A E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leap fish effect; Life history decisions; Mating behaviour; Secondary sexual characteristics; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 68349133083     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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