Interactions among female guppies (poecilia reticulata) affect growth and reproduction

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 752-765

  Borg, Åsa A ^a   Åsmul, Tommy ^a   Bolstad, Geir H ^a   Viken, Åslaug ^b   Berglund, Anders ^c   Rosenqvist, Gunilla ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPENSATION; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84863779727     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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