Repeatability and correlation of swimming performances and size over varying time-scales in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 969-978

  Oufiero, Christopher E ^a   Garland Jr , Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C start; Critical swimming speed; Individual variation; Locomotion; Performance; Poecilia reticulata; Repeatability; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SWIMMING;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 70349313370     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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