How female size and male displays influence mate preference in a swordtail

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-697

  Wong, Ryan Y ^a   So, Peter ^a   Cummings, Molly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Female mate preference; Female size; Male courtship behaviour; Poeciliid; Sexual experience; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPLEXITY; COPULATION; CYPRINID; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENOMICS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 80052695199     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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