Mate choice

Male displays adjusted to female's response

Gail L. Patricelli, J. Albert C. Uy, Gregory J. Walsh, Gerald Borgia

Citations: 293 • 2002

Faux frogs: multimodal signalling and the value of robotics in animal behaviour

Ryan C. Taylor, Barrett A. Klein, Joey Stein, Michael J. Ryan

Citations: 151 • 2008

Colour perception and the use of video playback experiments in animal behaviour

Leo J. Fleishman, Will McClintock, Richard B. D’Eath, David H. Brainard, John A. Endler

Citations: 104 • 1998

Female preference for male phenotypic traits in a fiddler crab: do females use absolute or comparative evaluation?

Leeann T. Reaney

Citations: 86 • 2008

Experiments with robots explain synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs

Leeann T. Reaney, Rachel A. Sims, Stephen W.M. Sims, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 84 • 2008

The role of mate choice in biocomputation: Sexual selection as a process of search, optimization, and diversification

Geoffrey F. Miller, Peter M. Todd

Citations: 77 • 1995

Experimental evidence for a seasonal shift in the strength of a female mating preference

Richard N. C. Milner, Tanya Detto, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 69 • 2010

Female fiddler crabs settle for less: the travel costs of mate choice

Isobel Booksmythe, Tanya Detto, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 61 • 2008

Multimodal signaling improves mating success in the green tree frog (Hyla cinerea), but may not help small males

Krispen L. Laird, Paul Clements, Kimberly L. Hunter, Ryan C. Taylor

Citations: 33 • 2016

Weapons or mating signals? Claw shape and mate choice in a fiddler crab

Sophia Callander, Andrew T. Kahn, Tim Maricic, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 28 • 2013

Evolution of displays in Galápagos lava lizards: comparative analyses of signallers and robot playbacks to receivers

David L. Clark, Joseph M. Macedonia, John W. Rowe, Mark A. Stuart, Darrell J. Kemp, Terry J. Ord

Citations: 27 • 2015

Experimental evidence that immediate neighbors affect male attractiveness

Sophia Callander, Catherine L. Hayes, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 25 • 2012

Flamboyant sexual signals: multiple messages for multiple receivers

Amod Zambre, Maria Thaker

Citations: 24 • 2017

Female preferences for timing in a fiddler crab with synchronous courtship waving displays

Andrew T. Kahn, Luke Holman, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 22 • 2014

Multimodal weighting differences by bats and their prey: probing natural selection pressures on sexually selected traits

Dylan Gomes, Wouter Halfwerk, Ryan C. Taylor, Michael J. Ryan, Rachel A. Page

Citations: 19 • 2017

Does the environmental context of a signalling male influence his attractiveness?

Richard N. C. Milner, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 18 • 2008

The role of claw color in species recognition and mate choice in a fiddler crab

M. Dyson, Daniela M. Perez, Anthony Curran, Erin L. McCullough, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 14 • 2020

Sexual selection in a tropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?

Katrina M. Gardner, Daniel J. Mennill, Lincoln M. Savi, Nicole E. Shangi, Stéphanie M. Doucet

Citations: 11 • 2021

Faster male displays and less complex choice are more attractive to female fiddler crabs as they reduce search costs

Fábio H. C. Sanches, Tânia Márcia Costa, Rodrigo Egydio Barreto, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 8 • 2017

Fiddlers on the roof: elevation muddles mate choice in fiddler crabs

Luke Holman, Andrew T. Kahn, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 7 • 2014