Interaction between female mating preferences and predation may explain the maintenance of rare males in the pentamorphic fish Poecilia parae

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1293-1301

  Hurtado Gonzales, J L ^a   Baldassarre, D T ^b   Uy, J A C ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Fish; Natural selection; Poeciliidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; FIELD SURVEY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MIMICRY; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; POECILIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AEQUIDENS TETRAMERUS; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA PARAE; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 77954076456     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01995.x     Document Type: Article

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