Dynamically honest displays: Courtship locomotor performance indicates survival in guppies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1045-1053

  O'Steen, Shyril ^a   Eby, Stephanie L ^b,c   Bunce, John A ^b,d  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast start; Honest indicator; Mating display; Poecilia reticulata; Predator prey interaction; Sexual selection; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CICHLID; COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HONEST SIGNALING; KINEMATICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; CRENICARA; CRENICICHLA ALTA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 78149290343     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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