Pre- and post-mating sexual selection both favor large males in a rainbowfish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-925

  Young, Michael J ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male dominance; Mate choice; Melanotaenia splendida australis; Melanotaeniidae; Reflectance spectra; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

MELANOTAENIA; MELANOTAENIA SPLENDIDA AUSTRALIS; MELANOTAENIIDAE;

EID: 77952669354     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0906-3     Document Type: Article

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