Female preference for male lateral projection area in Poecilia reticulata

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-119

  MacLaren, Ronald David ^a   Fontaine, Adam ^a  

^a MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Poeciliid fishes; Sensory bias; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST;

EID: 82555196556     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9896-x     Document Type: Article

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