Misleading mollies: Surface- but not cave-dwelling Poecilia mexicana males deceive competitors about mating preferences

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Plath, Martin ^a   Richter, Stephanie ^b   Schlupp, Ingo ^c   Tiedemann, Ralph ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience effect; Communication networks; Male mate choice; Non independent mate choice; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 77953126036     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-010-0074-5     Document Type: Article

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