Fisher, Heidi S.; Rosenthal, Gil G. - In: Behavioral Ecology 17 (2006) 6, pp. 979-981
Female mating decisions that are based on condition-dependent traits, such as male nutritional state, may be associated with a female's own condition. In the swordtail fish, Xiphophorus birchmanni, females prefer the chemical cues of well-fed males to cues of food-deprived males. Here we show...