The effects of perceived mating opportunities on patterns of reproductive investment by male guppies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Barrett, Luke T ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Gasparini, Clelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COLOR; COPULATION; EJACULATION; GUPPY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POECILIA; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899412163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093780     Document Type: Article

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