Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: Innate and experiential effects

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bierbach, David ^a   Schulte, Matthias ^b   Herrmann, Nina ^b   Tobler, Michael ^c   Stadler, Stefan ^a   Jung, Christian T ^a   Kunkel, Benjamin ^a   Riesch, Rüdiger ^d   Klaus, Sebastian ^e   Ziege, Madlen ^a   Indy, Jeane Rimber ^f   Arias Rodriguez, Lenin ^f   Plath, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

female choice; non independent mate choice; Poecilia mexicana; predator recognition; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CICHLID; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; NANDOPSIS SALVINI; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POECILIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959777276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-190     Document Type: Article

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