Tradeoffs limit the evolution of male traits that are attractive to females

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1739, 2012, Pages 2899-2906

  Wagner, William E ^a   Beckers, Oliver M ^a,b   Tolle, Amanda E ^a,c   Basolo, Alexandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Female choice; Field crickets; Preferred male traits; Sexual selection; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRICKET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84862138484     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0275     Document Type: Article

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