Body morphology, energy stores, and muscle enzyme activity explain cricket acoustic mate attraction signaling variation.

High mating success in animals is often dependent on males signalling attractively with high effort. Since males should be selected to maximize their reproductive success, female preferences for these traits should result in minimal signal variation persisting in the population. However, extensive s...

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Main Authors: Ian R Thomson, Charles-A Darveau, Susan M Bertram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24608102/?tool=EBI