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Conspicuous female ornamentation and male mate preference of Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Wright, Daniel Shane (East Carolina University, 2012)Sexual selection drives the evolution of exaggerated male ornaments (traits showing little function outside social interactions) in many animal species. Female ornamentation is now acknowledged also to be common but is ... -
Top-down pulses reduce prey population sizes and persistence
Hamman, Elizabeth A.; McCoy, Michael W. (2018-06-19)Resource pulses are well documented and have important consequences for population dynamics relative to continuous inputs. However, pulses of top-down factors (e.g. predation) are less explored and appreciated in the ... -
Variation in pigmentation gene expression is associated with distinct aposematic color morphs in the poison frog Dendrobates auratus
Stuckert, Adam M. M.; Moore, Emily; Coyle, Kaitlin P.; Davison, Ian; MacManes, Matthew D.; Roberts, Reade; Summers, Kyle (2019-04-18)Abstract Background Color and pattern phenotypes have clear implications for survival and reproduction in many species. However, the mechanisms that produce this coloration ...