Article
The importance of listening: juvenile allocation shifts in response to acoustic cues of the social environment.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Jun 2011
Kasumovic M M, Hall M D, Try H, Brooks R C
Abstract excerpt
The social environment has a strong effect on the strength and direction of sexual selection. Juveniles, however, often have social cues that signal the current competitive environment which may provide cues of future competitive challenges. Here we demonstrate that juvenile crickets (Teleogryllus commodus) use the calls of surrounding adult males as a cue of the quality and density of rivals/mates they are...
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