Sexual Selection: Signals to Die for

نویسندگان

  • Fleur E. Champion de Crespigny
  • David J. Hosken
چکیده

Sexual signals are conspicuous and are typically assumed to be energetically costly, which keeps them honest. A recent study on fireflies has found that signal production is energetically cheap, but signalling remains expensive because of eavesdropping predators.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007