Evidence of female-promoted polyandry in Trinidadian guppies

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Barbosa, Miguel ^a   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mating behaviour; Mating preference; Poecilia reticulata; Polyandry; Sexual conflict; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; CYPRINID; MATE CHOICE; POLYANDRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 78650008693     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9721-y     Document Type: Article

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