Sex-specific conditional mating preferences in a cichlid fish: Implications for sexual conflict

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1179-1186

  Baldauf, Sebastian A ^a,b   Engqvist, Leif ^b,c   Ottenheym, Tobias ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a   Thünken, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body condition; Individual quality; Mutual mate choice; Pelvicachromis taeniatus; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Status dependent mate choice

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FISH; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MUTUALISM; ORNAMENTATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS;

EID: 84878939509     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1543-4     Document Type: Article

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