Variation in male mate preference for female size in the swordtail Xiphophorus malinche

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-740

  Tudor, Scarlett M ^a,b   Morris, Molly R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Female size; Male mate preference; Symmetry; Variation in mate preference; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS MALINCHE;

EID: 70249142537     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X446172     Document Type: Article

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