Validation of a Method for Quantifying Male Mating Preferences in the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 422-429

  Jeswiet, Sarah B ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; FISHERY MODELING; MAGNITUDE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 79953723734     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01891.x     Document Type: Article

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