Environmental effects on social interaction networks and male reproductive behaviour in guppies, Poecilia reticulata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-558

  Edenbrow, M ^a,b   Darden, S K ^a   Ramnarine, I W ^c   Evans, J P ^d   James, R ^e   Croft, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guppy; Harassment network; Poecilia reticulata; Predation risk; Reproductive strategy; Sexual network; Sexual selection; Social network; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MALE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 79851513350     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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