Effects of Predator Size and Female Receptivity on Courtship Behavior of Captive-Bred Male Guppies

Authors

Given Harper, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow
Kristin Braun

Publication Date

January 1993

Comments

Transactions(formerly Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science) is published by the Illinois State Academy of Science, http://ilacadofsci.com/

Abstract

The effects of predator size and female receptivity on the courtship behavior of captivebred male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) were investigated. Male guppies exhibited riskreckless courtship behavior in that they did not decrease the amount of time spent performing visually conspicuous sigmoid displays and increase the frequency of attempted forced copulations when large predatory fish were present. Female receptivity (i.e., virgin or non-virgin females) also had no effect on male courtship behavior.

Disciplines

Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Recommended Citation

Harper, Given and Braun, Kristin, "Effects of Predator Size and Female Receptivity on Courtship Behavior of Captive-Bred Male Guppies" (1993). Scholarship. 113.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/bio_scholarship/113