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The effect of competitors on calling effort and life span in male field crickets

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Callander, Sophia; Kahn, Andrew; Hunt, J.; Backwell, Patricia; Jennions, Michael

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Temporal variation in the strength of selection on male sexual traits is often attributable to changes in the social environment that alter the number of competitors. Selection could favor phenotypic plasticity in male investment into sexual traits if the

dc.contributor.authorCallander, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHunt, J.
dc.contributor.authorBackwell, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorJennions, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:18:24Z
dc.identifier.issn1045-2249
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/65608
dc.description.abstractTemporal variation in the strength of selection on male sexual traits is often attributable to changes in the social environment that alter the number of competitors. Selection could favor phenotypic plasticity in male investment into sexual traits if the
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.sourceBehavioral Ecology
dc.subjectKeywords: body size; competition (ecology); courtship; cricket; life history trait; male; parental investment; phenotype; phenotypic plasticity; selection; temporal variation black field cricket; life span; phenotypic plasticity; reproductive effort; social environment; Teleogryllus commodus.
dc.titleThe effect of competitors on calling effort and life span in male field crickets
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume24
dc.date.issued2013
local.identifier.absfor060201 - Behavioural Ecology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9511635xPUB1131
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationCallander, Sophia, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationKahn, Andrew, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHunt, J., University of Exeter
local.contributor.affiliationBackwell, Patricia, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationJennions, Michael, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1251
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1259
local.identifier.doi10.1093/beheco/art059
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:04:01Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84882339298
local.identifier.thomsonID000322957800032
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