Predation drives complex eco-evolutionary dynamics in sexually selected traits.

Predation plays a role in preventing the evolution of ever more complicated sexual displays, because such displays often increase an individual's predation risk. Sexual selection theory, however, omits a key feature of predation in modeling costs to sexually selected traits: Predation is densit...

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Main Authors: Brian A Lerch, Maria R Servedio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002059&type=printable
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