Mate choice based on complex visual signals in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1323-1333

  Ward, Jessica L ^a   McLennan, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assortative mating Gasterosteus; Color; Courtship; Female preference; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TELEOST; VISUAL CUE;

CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; GASTEROSTEIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS;

EID: 70450228573     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp112     Document Type: Article

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