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- Title
Female mating preferences for colourful males in a population of guppies subject to high predation.
- Authors
Evans, J. P.; Bisazza, A.; Pilastro, A.
- Abstract
Female guppiesPoecilia reticulatadescended from the Tacarigua population in Trinidad subject to high predation exhibited strong preferences for males with relatively high levels of carotenoid colouration. The study, which controlled for differences in male courtship, revealed that mate choice in this population is based on the expression of orange pigmentation, irrespective of differences in male motivation.
- Subjects
GUPPIES; AQUARIUM fishes; PREDATION; FORAGE fishes; ECOLOGY of predatory animals; ANIMAL coloration
- Publication
Journal of Fish Biology, 2004, Vol 65, Issue 4, p1154
- ISSN
0022-1112
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00502.x