Variation in mating preference within a wild population influences the mating success of alternative mating strategies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-678

  Morris, Molly R ^a   Rios Cardenas, Oscar ^b   Brewer, Jason ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

male mating success; sexual selection; swordtail; variation in mate preference; Xiphophorus multilineatus

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WILD POPULATION;

XIPHOPHORUS MULTILINEATUS;

EID: 76649137233     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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