Title |
Both male and female identity influence variation in male signalling effort
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-11-233 |
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Authors |
Topi K Lehtonen, P Andreas Svensson, Bob BM Wong |
Abstract |
Male sexual displays play an important role in sexual selection by affecting reproductive success. However, for such displays to be useful for female mate choice, courtship should vary more among than within individual males. In this regard, a potentially important source of within male variation is adjustment of male courtship effort in response to female traits. Accordingly, we set out to dissect sources of variation in male courtship effort in a fish, the desert goby (Chlamydogobius eremius). We did so by designing an experiment that allowed simultaneous estimation of within and between male variation in courtship, while also assessing the importance of the males and females as sources of courtship variation. |
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