Female preferences based on male nutritional chemical traits

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1029-1035

  Giaquinto, Percilia Cardoso ^a,b,c   da Silva Berbert, Claudia Militão ^a,c   Delicio, Helton Carlos ^a,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Behavior   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory of Digestive Physiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Mating choice; Nile tilapia; Nutritional state; Oreochromis niloticus; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 77952672791     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0918-z     Document Type: Article

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