Female guppies Poecilia reticulata prefer males that can learn fast

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1323-1330

  Shohet, A J ^a   Watt, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Learning; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PIGMENTATION; POECILIA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 70449372400     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02366.x     Document Type: Article

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