Female finery is not for males

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Abstract

There has recently been an increase in interest in the notion that female ornamentation is selected through male choice, rather than being an artefact of selection on male ornamentation. There are, however, key differences between the sexes in the type of selection pressures that are likely to generate ornamentation and important differences in investment tradeoffs. Here, I discuss that female ornamentation might be selected more often through female competition over resources than through competition over mates, as exemplified in a recent study by Heinsohn and colleagues.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)170-173
JournalTrends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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