The Evolution of Sexually Homologous Ornaments : Selection via Male Mate Choice Coinciding with Male-Male Competition in a Neotropical Mosquito

The Evolution of Sexually Homologous Ornaments : Selection via Male Mate Choice Coinciding with Male-Male Competition in a Neotropical Mosquito

The evolution of elaborate male ornaments via sexual selection is well-understood while the selective pressures acting on female ornaments remains unresolved. Female ornaments in species with strong sexual selection on the male homologue of the ornament were originally thought to result from an inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: South, Sandra
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Zooekologi 2011
Subjects:
sexual selection
Sabethes cyaneus
Diptera
Culicidae
mosquito
mutual ornamentation
mutual mate choice
male mate choice
female ornament
ecology
animal behaviour
Ethology and behavioural ecology
Etologi och beteendeekologi
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