Multivariate male traits misalign with multivariate female preferences in the swordtail fish, Xiphophorus birchmanni

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-269

  Fisher, Heidi S ^a,b   Mascuch, Samantha J ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^b,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de Las Huastecas 'Aguazarca'   (Mexico)

Author keywords

multivariate selection; phenotypic correlation; Poeciliidae; swordtail; video playback; Xiphophorus birchmanni

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS BIRCHMANNI;

EID: 68549133164     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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