Microhabitat variation and sexual selection can maintain male color polymorphisms

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2504-2515

  Chunco, Amanda J ^a   McKinnon, Jeffrey S ^b   Servedio, Maria R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female choice; Habitat heterogeneity; Model; Predation; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

COLOR MORPH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MICROHABITAT; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 35748960502     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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