Exploring simultaneous allocation to mating effort, sperm production, and body growth in male guppies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1203-1211

  Devigili, Alessandro ^a   Doldán Martelli, Victoria ^a,b   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coolidge effect; Phenotypic flexibility; Poecilia reticulate; Sexual investment; Social context; Somatic investment; Sperm competition; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; GROWTH RATE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SPERM; TRADE-OFF;

POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84941652471     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv067     Document Type: Article

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