Timing as a sexually selected trait: The right mate at the right moment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1734, 2017, Pages

  Hau, Michaela ^a,b   Dominoni, Davide ^c,d   Casagrande, Stefania ^a   Buck, C Loren ^e   Wagner, Gabriela ^f   Hazlerigg, David ^f   Greives, Timothy ^g   Hut, Roelof A ^h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Circannual rhythm; Display behaviour; Sexual selection; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TIMESCALE; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MAMMAL; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; MALE; MAMMALS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85031106803     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0249     Document Type: Review

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