Female preference and the evolution of an exaggerated male ornament: The shape of the preference function matters

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1015-1021

  Robinson, Donelle M ^a   Tudor, M Scarlett ^a,b   Morris, Molly R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exaggerated trait; Poeciliidae; Preference function; Swordtail fish; Xiphophorus birchmanni

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MALE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS BIRCHMANNI;

EID: 79953327658     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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