Competitor size, male mating success and mate choice in eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-375

  Booksmythe, Isobel ^a,b   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eastern mosquitofish; Gambusia holbrooki; Mate choice; Mate competition; Social context

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CYPRINID; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 84873076537     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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