Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 993-999

  Lancaster, Lesley T ^a,c   Hipsley, Christy A ^a,b   Sinervo, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Color pattern polymorphism; Correlational selection; Crypsis; Good genes sexual selection; Indirect benefits; Multivariate signaling (multicomponent display)

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

SQUAMATA; UTA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 70349471081     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp088     Document Type: Article

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