How animals assess information encoded in individual colour patches have been extensively studied, yet the role of both individual colour patches and gross colour pattern (i.e. the combination of colo
Male fiddler crabs, genus Uca, have one greatly enlarged claw with which they court females and threaten and fight other males. Longer claws are more effective signals but are thought to be less effec
In the first column, the results of signaler effort are described and whether the displayer effort results in some structure (morphological or an external structure like a nest) that persists over tim
This is the online dataset corresponding to the article Male ultraviolet reflectance and female mating history influence female mate choice and male mating success in a polyandrous lizard published
Eavesdropping by conspecific males that are competing for mates has been demonstrated across a variety of taxa. However, few studies have investigated how eavesdropping may actually impact female mati