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Mate Selection and reproductive success in the Amazonian angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae)
(2014-01-01)
Mate selection and mating success in the Amazonian angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare were experimentally investigated in the laboratory. This species has a breeding system where male body size and substrate type could be ...
The cost of living in mixed species populations: A fiddler crab example
(2018-03-01)
Rising sea level is reducing the inter-tidal zone in many mangrove forests. This breaks down the normal species distribution patterns of fiddler crabs, with an increasing number of heterospecifics moving from adjacent zones ...
Substratum choice for nesting in male Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
Interaction between sexual communication functions leads to reproductive interference in two syntopic scorpion species
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2021-11)
Sexual communication in mate choice scenarios involves nonmutually exclusive functions: species recognition, mate location and mate assessment. Most studies on sexual communication in mate choice have focused on female ...
The reproductive biology of Hypsiboas punctatus (Anura: Hylidae): male territoriality and the possible role of different signals during female choice
(German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture, 2014-12)
Anuran amphibians are known to employ acoustic signals as the principal form to access potential mates, while recent studies have highlighted the importance of multiple cues during courtship. Hypsiboas punctatus is a hylid ...
The effect of changes in visibility and price on fruit purchasing at a university cafeteria in Lima, Peru
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of increasing fruit visibility, adding information and lowering price on fruit purchasing at a university cafeteria in Lima, Peru. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental pilot study of a three-phase ...
Restraint stress enhances alcohol intake in adolescent female rats but reduces alcohol intake in adolescent male and adult female rats
(Elsevier Science, 2017-08-10)
Adolescents may be more sensitive to stress-induced alcohol drinking than adults, which would explain the higher prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence in late adolescence than in adulthood. The present study analyzed ...
Sexual selection and social hierarchy in fishes.
(2009-01-01)
Sexual selection is a crucial element to understand behavioral evolution. Teleost fish have been considered as good models for research on sexual selection in the last decades due to their variety of sexual behavior. Female ...
Seleção sexual e hierarquia social em peixes
(2009-12-01)
Sexual selection is a crucial element to understand behavioral evolution. Teleost fish have been considered as good models for research on sexual selection in the last decades due to their variety of sexual behavior. Female ...