Warning signal brightness variation: Sexual selection may work under the radar of natural selection in populations of a polytypic poison frog

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Crothers, Laura R ^a   Cummings, Molly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Brightness; Conspicuousness; Predation; Variation; Visual model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APOSEMATISM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; FROG; NATURAL SELECTION; RADAR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANURA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOR; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANURA; AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DENDROBATIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84876402168     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670010     Document Type: Article

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