Poeciliid male mate preference is influenced by female size but not by fecundity

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Arriaga, Luis R ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Extremophile; Fecundity; Gambusia; Limia; Male mate choice; Male preference; Mate preference; Poecilia; Preference function

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HABITAT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POECILIA; PREDICTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; TOXICITY;

EID: 84885100446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.140     Document Type: Article

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