Females prefer athletes, males fear the disadvantaged: Different signals used in female choice and male competition have varied consequences

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1689, 2010, Pages 1923-1928

  Wilson, Robbie S ^a   Condon, Catriona H ^a   David, Gwendolyn ^a   FitzGibbon, Sean ^a   Niehaus, Amanda C ^a   Pratt, Kirstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burst swimming; Locomotor costs; Ornaments; Performance; Signals

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PREDATION; SIGNAL; SWIMMING; TELEOST;

PSEUDOMUGIL SIGNIFER;

EID: 77954339407     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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