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Are female guppies more likely to flee when approached by two males?
Author(s) -
Brewster J.,
Houde A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00222.x
Subject(s) - poecilia , biology , guppy , poeciliidae , zoology , ecology , demography , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , sociology
Female guppies Poecilia reticulata often flee when approached by a single courting male but observations show fleeing is more likely when two males approach simultaneously. This may represent a response to a greater cost of being courted by two males.