Expression of pre-and postcopulatory traits under different dietary conditions in guppies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 740-749

  Devigili, Alessandro ^a   Kelley, Jennifer L ^b   Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

dietary manipulation; Poecilia reticulata; postcopulatory sexual selection; precopulatory sexual selection; trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPULATION; CYPRINID; DIETARY SHIFT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SELECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84875991197     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars204     Document Type: Article

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