Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed mates
Article Abstract:
A study investigating the use of chemoreceptors by female swordtail fish (Xiphophorus birchmanni) to assess the nutritional status of males for mating is presented.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
United States, Physiological aspects, Food and nutrition, Chemoreceptors
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Effect of thermal acclimation on female resistance to forced matings in the eastern mosquitofish
Article Abstract:
A study conducted to examine the impact of heat treatment, on resistance to forced copulation by mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrookieastern), is presented.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
Australia, Temperature effects
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Subjects list: Sexual behavior, Research, Usage, Fishes, Courtship of animals, Mating behavior, Mating behaviour
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