Honesty and carotenoids in a pigmented female fish
The carotenoid tradeoff hypothesis states that diet-derived carotenoids are traded-off among competing physiological demands, but this statement is rarely tested in ornamented females. The following dissertation tests the carotenoid tradeoff hypothesis in reverse sexually dimorphic convict cichlids...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2013
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3615400 |