Predicting the direction of ornament evolution in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1677, 2009, Pages 4335-4343

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b   Reznick, David N ^c   Grether, Gregory F ^d   Endler, John A ^b,e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour; Iridescence; Mate choice; Predation; Ultraviolet; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COLOR; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; FRESHWATER FISH; GUPPY; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARIPO RIVER; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

CRENICICHLA ALTA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 72749091458     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1226     Document Type: Article

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