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

Date

Authors

Callander, Sophia

Kahn, Andrew

Hunt, J.

Backwell, Patricia

Jennions, Michael

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

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

Keywords

Keywords: 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.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65608

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Behavioral Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/beheco/art059

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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