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Does female feeding...
Does female feeding motivation affect the response to a food-mimicking male ornament in the swordtail characin Corynopoma riisei?
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- Amcoff, Mirjam (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Zooekologi
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- Kolm, Niclas (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Zooekologi
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- 2013-07-19
- 2013
- English.
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In: Journal of Fish Biology. - : Wiley. - 0022-1112 .- 1095-8649. ; 83:2, s. 343-354
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- Female response to various aspects of male trait morphology and the effect of female feeding motivation were investigated in the swordtail characin Corynopoma riisei, a species where males are equipped with a flag-like food-mimicking ornament that grows from the operculum. Unfed females responded more strongly to the male ornament and showed a stronger preference for larger ornaments than did fed females. Females were shown not to discriminate between artificial male ornaments of either undamaged or damaged shape.
Keyword
- diet
- mate preference
- plasticity
- sensory exploitation
- signalling
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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