MICROHABITAT VARIATION AND SEXUAL SELECTION CAN MAINTAIN MALE COLOR POLYMORPHISMS
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Sexual Selection: Male-Male Competition
Aggression. Offensive action, particularly in regard to defending resources. Aggression in defending females and other resources should be favored by selection when there are fewer resources than competitors and when an individual can boost fitness by forcibly removing another individual. Intersexual Selection. Sexual selection due to interactions between the sexes. Mate choice by males or fema...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolution
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0014-3820,1558-5646
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00213.x