The effect of sperm production and mate availability on patterns of alternative mating tactics in the guppy

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-110

  Cattelan, Silvia ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^b   Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Gasparini, Clelia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactic; Mate availability; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual behaviour; Sexual selection; Sperm investment; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84951946814     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.11.024     Document Type: Article

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