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Obligate, but not facultative, satellite males prefer the same male sexual signal characteristics as females

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Published in 2018 at "Animal Behaviour"

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.07.014

Abstract: Signalling is energetically expensive and increases the risk of predation and parasite infection. To balance the costs and benefits of mate attraction, individuals may adopt an alternative mating strategy such as satellite behaviour, in which… read more here.

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