Early social experience significantly affects sexual behaviour in male guppies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-195

  Guevara Fiore, P ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guppy; Male courtship; Poecilia reticulata; Poeciliidae; Reproductive tactics; Sexual selection; Social learning

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LEARNING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 84862692470     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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