Environmental factors influencing adult sex ratio in Poecilia reticulata: Laboratory experiments

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 937-953

  Mckellar, A E ^a   Hendry, A P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guppies; Predation; Resource limitation; Sex biased mortality; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM CRENULATUM; POECILIA RETICULATA; RIVULUS HARTII;

EID: 80053573918     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03065.x     Document Type: Article

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