The effects of intersexual interactions on survival can drive the evolution of female ornaments in the absence of mate limitation.
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DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae121
Abstract: The evolution of sexual ornaments in animals is typically attributed to reproductive competition. However, sexual ornaments also arise in contexts where the ornamented sex is neither mate nor gamete limited, and explanations for ornamentation in… read more here.
Keywords: effects intersexual; evolution female; interactions survival; intersexual interactions ... See more keywords