Spawning coloration, female choice and sperm competition in the redside dace, Clinostomus elongatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 969-977

  Beausoleil, Jean Marc J ^a   Doucet, Stéphanie M ^a   Heath, Daniel D ^a,b   Pitcher, Trevor E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Clinostomus elongatus; Female choice; Male male competition; Minnow; Ornamentation; Paternity; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAROTENOID; COLOR; CYPRINID; FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PATERNITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA;

CLINOSTOMUS; CLINOSTOMUS ELONGATUS; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84858753901     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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