Sexual harassment in live-bearing fishes (Poeciliidae): comparing courting and noncourting species [PDF]
, 2007 Sexual harassment by males has been reported from several live-bearing fishes (Poeciliidae) and has been shown to inflict costs on females. For example, poeciliid females have reduced feeding opportunities when accompanied by a male because females ...
A. M. Makowicz +25 more
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The Role of Natural and Sexual Selection in the Origin and Maintenance of Divergence Within and Between the Mexican Sailfin Mollies, \u3cem\u3ePoecilia velifera\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eP. petenensis\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2006 Understanding speciation remains a holy grail of evolutionary biology. One useful approach is studying the evolutionary mechanisms important in population divergence to infer the mechanisms important in speciation. This method is especially useful when
Hankison, Shala
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GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE MATING STRATEGIES IN THE SAILFIN MOLLY, \u3ci\u3ePOECILIA LATIPINNA\u3c/i\u3e (POECILIIDAE: \u3ci\u3ePOECILIA\u3c/i\u3e: \u3ci\u3eMOLLIENESIA\u3c/i\u3e) [PDF]
, 2013 Understanding the genetic and environmental factors responsible for differences in size, morphology and behavior can aid in determining how alternative male mating strategies evolve in natural populations. One important environmental factor is nutrition,
Lange, Elizabeth
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Revisão taxonômica e filogenia de Pamphorichtlys Regan, 1913 (Cyprinodontiformes; Poeciliidae) [PDF]
, 1997 Pamphorichthys diagnosis is based on twenty-seven apomorphic character states, mainly from the pelvic fins. Among the autapomorphies of the genus, eleven are reductive characters due to the species miniaturization.
Figueiredo, Carlos Augusto Assumpção de
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Composición y variación espacial de la ictiofauna del río Hondo, México-Belice [PDF]
, 2013 Resumen en español: "Con el objetivo de determinar la composición y estructura de la ictiofauna del río Hondo y la variación espacial de éstas en función de los parámetros ambientales, durante la época de secas, se realizaron tres muestreos mensuales ...
Jesús Manuel López Vila
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IUCN Red List of Ecosystems : Mangroves of the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic [PDF]
Mangroves of the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic is a regional ecosystem subgroup (level 4 unit of the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology). It includes the marine ecoregions of Bahamian, Carolinian, Eastern Caribbean, Floridian, Greater Antilles, Northern ...
Alcántara-Maya, J. Alberto +30 more
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Revisão taxonômica e filogenia do gênero Micropoecilia Hubbs (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) [PDF]
, 1998 Monophyly of the genus Micropoecilia is supported by 13 synapomorphic features: lateral projection of dentary absent; longitudinaly elongated vomer; non-elongated posterior portion of dorsal arch; reduced second pharyngobranchial dentition; process on ...
Sarraf, Alessandra
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An analysis of the spatial distribution of freshwater fishes of Mexico, their conservation status, and the development of a conservation strategy for species with imminent risk of extinction based on contemporary theories and practices. [PDF]
, 2014 Due to human activities freshwaters are experiencing declines in biodiversity far greater than those in the most affected terrestrial and marine ecosystems, consequently freshwater fishes are by far the most affected group of vertebrates.
Contreras Macbeath, Einar Topiltzin
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Measurements of Specimens of Poecilia orri
, 2018 Measurements of Specimens of Poecilia ...
Goldberg, Daniel Lorenz +4 more
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Supplement 22, Part 5, Parasite-Subject Catalogue, Parasites: Arthropoda And Miscellaneous Phyla [PDF]
, 1981 United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal ...
Edwards, Shirley J. +6 more
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