Sexual conflict and sexual selection in the goodeinae, a clade of viviparous fish with effective female mate choice

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue C, 2010, Pages 1-54

  Garcia, Constantino Macías ^a   Valero, Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Fish; Goodeinae; Mate choice; Reproduction costs; Sensory traps; Sexual conflict; Sexual harassment; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957012975     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(10)42001-X     Document Type: Book

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