Female preference for male coloration may explain behavioural isolation in sympatric darters

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 683-689

  Williams, Tory H ^a   Mendelson, Tamra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural isolation; Colour; Darter; Etheostoma; Mate choice; Model; Pattern; Preference

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUPTIAL GIFT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYMPATRY; WATERFOWL;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; ANHINGIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CICHLIDAE; DENDROBATIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 80052779189     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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