Condition-dependent signaling affects male sexual attractiveness in field crickets, Gryllus campestris

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Holzer, Barbara ^a   Jacot, Alain ^a   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body condition; Calling behavior; Condition dependence; Field cricket; Gryllus campestris; Sexual attractiveness; Sexual selection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MATE ATTRACTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0037985302     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.353     Document Type: Article

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