Multiple sexual ornamentation signals male quality and predicts female preference in minnows

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 895-903

  Kekäläinen, Jukka ^a,b   Valkama, Hannele ^b   Huuskonen, Hannu ^b   Taskinen, Jouni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

CYPRINIDAE; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 77956479431     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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