An indirect cue of predation risk counteracts female preference for conspecifics in a naturally hybridizing fish xiphophorus birchmanni

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Willis, Pamela M ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^b,c   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Las Huastecas Aguazarca 16 de Septiembre   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HABITAT; HYBRIDIZATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTION; SWORDTAIL; XIPHOPHORUS BIRCHMANII; XIPHOPHORUS MALINCHE;

ANIMALS; CUES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859991780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034802     Document Type: Article

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