Large males have a mating advantage in a species of darter with smaller, allopaternal males Etheostoma olmstedi
Theory suggests that males that are larger than their competitors may have increased mating success, due to both greater competitive ability and increased attractiveness to females. We examined how male mating success varies with male size in the tessellated darter Etheostoma olmstedi. Previous work...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010-02-01
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| Series: | Current Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11443 |