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Description
Displays that males use to attract females are the most rapidly evolving traits, and influence important evolutionary processes like speciation. Displays may be extravagant because they honestly represent the quality of a male as a sire or social partner. However, many displays are extremely complex. Theory has struggled to provide models that predict that all elements of displays should be equally honest and useful to females. I will use the bizarre courtship displays and mating system of Malurus cyaneus to contrast predictions of honest signalling theory with the alternative view that complex messages enhance detectability and memorability.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/01/01 → 31/12/03 |
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