?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=DES+DIFF%C3%89RENCES+LI%C3%89ES+AU+SEXE+DANS+LES+STRAT%C3%89GIES+DE+R%C3%89PARTITION+SPATIALE+CHEZ+DES+POISSONS+PORTE-%C3%89P%C3%89E++(XIPHOPHORUS+HELLERi)++MAINTENUS+EN+CAPTIVIT%C3%89&rft.creator=Cotnoir%2C+Pierre-Alain&rft.creator=Beaugrand%2C+Jacques+P.&rft.creator=Goulet%2C+Claude&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Ethology&rft.description=The+swordtail+fish+is+a+species+particularly+abundant+in+fresh+water+of+Mexico+and+Central+America.+It+is+an+ovoviviparous+species%2C+not+really+territorial+which+shows+nip%26%2364979%3Bright+order.+In+this+research%2C+significant+differences+of+spatial+distribution+have+been+found+according+to+the+position+in+the+nip%26%2364979%3Bright+order+and+according+to+the+sex+of+the+fish.+These+differences+bind+with+two+external+variables%3A+the+presence+of+sexual+partners+and+the+space+available+for+the+fish.+The+dominating+males+prefer+a+space+partition+allowing+access+to+the+females+more+than+a+compartment+allowing+access+to+more+space+in+volume.+They+also+chase+their+subordinates+in+the+contiguous+compartment+of+the+aquarium.+Females+swordtails+prefer+the+bigger+compartment+independently+of+the+presence+of+conspecific+males.+These+results+are+discussed+in+the+light+of+reproductive+strategies+particular+to+each+sex.&rft.date=1986&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1962%2F3%2Fcotnoir-beaugrand-goulet-1986.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cotnoir%2C+Pierre-Alain+and+Beaugrand%2C+Jacques+P.+and+Goulet%2C+Claude++(1986)+DES+DIFF%C3%89RENCES+LI%C3%89ES+AU+SEXE+DANS+LES+STRAT%C3%89GIES+DE+R%C3%89PARTITION+SPATIALE+CHEZ+DES+POISSONS+PORTE-%C3%89P%C3%89E+(XIPHOPHORUS+HELLERi)+MAINTENUS+EN+CAPTIVIT%C3%89.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1962%2F