Effect of Age on a Sexually Selected Acoustic Display

Models of sexual selection suggest that females should prefer to mate with older males because old age is evidence of heritable high viability. In a longitudinal analysis, we demonstrate that male field crickets (Gryllus campestris) alter their calling song with age. Carrier frequency, a calling son...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ethology 2007-06, Vol.113 (6), p.615-620
Hauptverfasser:	Jacot, Alain, Scheuber, Hannes, Brinkhof, Martin W.G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acoustics Age differences Animal behavior Animal communication Animal reproduction Gryllidae Gryllus campestris Insects
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