Bluegill coloration as a sexual ornament: Evidence from ontogeny, sexual dichromatism, and condition dependence

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 416-428

  Cogliati, Karen M ^a   Corkum, Lynda D ^a   Doucet, Stéphanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COLOR MORPH; CONDITION FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HONEST SIGNALING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIGNALING; SNEAK COPULATION; SPECTROMETRY; VISUAL CUE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 77952596464     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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