Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals to adjust their mate choice

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-351

  Bierbach, David ^a   Girndt, Antje ^b   Hamfler, Sybille ^a   Klein, Moritz ^a   Mücksch, Frauke ^a   Penshorn, Marina ^a   Schwinn, Michael ^a   Zimmer, Claudia ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^b   Streit, Bruno ^a   Plath, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience effect; Communication networks; Familiarity; Mate choice; Poecilia mexicana; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CYPRINID; FAMILIARITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POECILIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELECTION, GENETIC;

POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 79960840014     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0982     Document Type: Article

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