Female mate preference for a costly ornament in male guppies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1305-1315

  Karino, Kenji ^a   Ishiwatari, Takatsugu ^a   Kudo, Hiromi ^a   Sato, Aya ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female mate choice; Fin length; Male ornament; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual selection; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SWIMMING;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 79956155472     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1144-z     Document Type: Article

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