Courtship signalling with a labile bilateral signal: Males show their best side

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1717-1725

  Amcoff, Mirjam ^a   Arnqvist, Göran ^a   Kolm, Niclas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Indicator; Lateralization; Mate choice; Self awareness; Sensory bias; Sexual selection; Sexual signalling

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST;

CORYNOPOMA RIISEI;

EID: 77952671983     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0785-7     Document Type: Article

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