Mate-choice copying in free-ranging Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1443-1461

  Godin, Jean Guy J ^a   Hair, Kimberley P E ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Guppy; Mate choice; Mate choice copying; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 70349461267     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X441014     Document Type: Article

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