Predator exposure leads to a short-term reversal in female mate preferences in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 306-312

  Pilakouta, Natalie ^a   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Mate choice trial; Mate preference; Nonconsumptive effects; Predator prey interactions; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ENCOUNTER RATE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MORTALITY RISK; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84898717888     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art120     Document Type: Article

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