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Male attractiveness covaries with fighting ability but not with prior fight outcome in house crickets

Date

Authors

Savage, Kate

Hunt, John E

Jennions, Michael

Brooks, Rob

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

In many species males that tend to win fights against other males are more attractive to females. There are three ways in which male fighting ability and attractiveness may be associated; (1) attractiveness and fighting ability are influenced by the same

Keywords

Keywords: body size; cricket; fighting; mate choice; Acheta domesticus; Gryllidae; Gryllinae "Loser-effect"; Acheta domesticus; Attractiveness; Body size; Fighting ability

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79051

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Behavioral Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/beheco/arh143

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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