Female annual killifish Austrolebias reicherti (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae) attend to male chemical cues

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 891-897

  Passos, Carlos ^a   Reyes, Federico ^a   Tassino, Bettina ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^b,c   González, Andrés ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de Las Huastecas 'Aguazarca'   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; RIVULINAE (APLOCHEILIDAE);

EID: 84883464577     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12129     Document Type: Article

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