Optimization of resource allocation can explain the temporal dynamics and honesty of sexual signals

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-525

  Lindström, Jan ^a   Pike, Thomas W ^a,b   Blount, Jonathan D ^c   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Game theory; Life history evolution; Male male competition; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CAROTENOID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HONEST SIGNALING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVESTMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPTIMIZATION; ORNAMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GAME; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 70349435471     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606008     Document Type: Article

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