Cross-generational effects of sexual harassment on female fitness in the guppy

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 532-543

  Gasparini, Clelia ^a   Devigili, Alessandro ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inclusive fitness; Life history; Lifetime fecundity; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84856297714     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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