Concurrent effects of sperm competition and female quality on male mate choice in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Jeswiet, Sarah B ^a   Lee Jenkins, Stacey S Y ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

body size; male mate choice; mate quality; sexual selection; social information; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FECUNDITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84555170581     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr175     Document Type: Article

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