All Outputs (3)

Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour polymorphic cichlid fish (2015)
Journal Article
Dijkstra, P. D., Pierotti, M. E., Seehausen, O., & Metcalfe, N. B. (2016). Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour polymorphic cichlid fish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 99–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-2028-4

Intrasexual selection on body coloration is thought to play an important role in the evolution of colour polymorphism, but its physiological underpinnings have received limited attention. In the colour polymorphic cichlid Neochromis omnicaeruleus, th... Read More about Metabolism, oxidative stress and territorial behaviour in a female colour polymorphic cichlid fish.

Intrasexual competition and throat color evolution in female three-spined sticklebacks (2015)
Journal Article
Yong, L., Woodall, B. E., Pierotti, M. E., & McKinnon, J. S. (2015). Intrasexual competition and throat color evolution in female three-spined sticklebacks. Behavioral Ecology, 26(4), 1030–1038. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv037

Interest in the evolution of female ornaments has been growing but explaining their presence remains a challenge for many animal taxa. Although female ornaments may be sexually selected via male choice, they can also function in female–female competi... Read More about Intrasexual competition and throat color evolution in female three-spined sticklebacks.

Conspicuous female ornamentation and tests of male mate preference in threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (2015)
Journal Article
Wright, D. S., Pierotti, M. E., Rundle, H. D., & McKinnon, J. S. (2015). Conspicuous female ornamentation and tests of male mate preference in threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120723

Sexual selection drives the evolution of exaggerated male ornaments in many animal species. Female ornamentation is now acknowledged also to be common but is generally less well understood. One example is the recently documented red female throat col... Read More about Conspicuous female ornamentation and tests of male mate preference in threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).