FEMALE MATE COPYING IN THE GUPPY (POECILIA-RETICULATA) - AGE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS

被引：210

作者：

DUGATKIN, LA

GODIN, JGJ

机构：

[1] Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

来源：

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY | 1993年 / 4卷 / 04期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

MATE CHOICE; COPYING; GUPPY; POECILIA-RETICULATA;

D O I：

10.1093/beheco/4.4.289

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Virtually all studies of mate choice to date have assumed that females choose mates independent of one another. Social cues, however, such as the mate choice of conspecifics, may also play an important role in such decisions. Previous work has shown that female guppies of similar age copy each other's choice of mates. Here we examine the effect of relative age on mate choice copying in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata, and examine whether younger individuals are more likely to copy the mate choice of older conspecifics than vice versa. Results indicate that younger females copy the mate choice of older females, but older individuals do not appear to be influenced by the mate choice of younger individuals.

引用

页码：289 / 292

页数：4

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