Geographic variation in male mate choice in a gynogenetic species complex: Evaluating long-term data across mating contexts

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 653-666

  Gabor, Caitlin R ^a   Da Barbiano, Laura Alberici ^a   Aspbury, Andrea S ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poecilia formosa; Poecilia latipinna; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887601419     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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