Male eyespan and resource ownership affect contest outcome in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1213-1220

  Small, Jennifer ^a   Cotton, Samuel ^a   Fowler, Kevin ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; armament; male male competition; ornament; sexual selection; stalk eyed fly; Teleopsis dalmanni

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; LEK; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPERM COMPETITION;

DIOPSIDAE; TELEOPSIS DALMANNI;

EID: 70350074079     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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