Fear, food and sexual ornamentation: Plasticity of colour development in Trinidadian guppies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1758, 2013, Pages

  Ruell, E W ^a   Handelsman, C A ^a   Hawkins, C L ^a   Sofaer, H R ^a   Ghalambor, C K ^a   Angeloni, L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Male ornament; Ontogeny; Phenotypic plasticity; Poecilia reticulata; Predator cues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL CUE; COLOR; CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84874776955     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2019     Document Type: Article

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