Computer animation as a tool to study preferences in the cichlid Pelvicachromis taeniatus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 738-746

  Baldauf, S A ^a   Kullmann, H ^a   ThUnken T ^a   Winter, S ^a   Bakker, T C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female mate choice; Method; Nuptial colouration; Sexual selection; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COLOR; COMPUTER; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VIDEORECORDING; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COLOR; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIDEO RECORDING; ZOOLOGY;

CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS;

EID: 70349312776     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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