Female mating preferences and male coloration covary with water transparency in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-406

  Maan, Martine E ^a,b,c   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Divergence; Eutrophication; Haplochromine; Nuptial; Pundamilia nyererei; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COEVOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; NUPTIAL GIFT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRANSPARENCY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA;

CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI;

EID: 75649146294     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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