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Phenotypic traits and resource quality as factors affecting male reproductive success in a toadfish

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  • Aneesh P H Bose
  • Karen M Cogliati
  • Nick Luymes
  • Andrew H Bass
  • Margaret A Marchaterre
  • Joseph A Sisneros
  • Benjamin M Bolker
  • Sigal Balshine
  • Michael TaborskyHandling editor

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In nature, it can be challenging to figure out whether success at attracting mates and reproducing is due to something intrinsic about an individual or something about the quality of the resources they possess. In a series of lab and field studies using the plainfin midshipman fish, we show that both factors are complex and that resource quality can impose a limit on reproductive success regardless of the quality of the resource owner.

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  • Aneesh P H Bose & Karen M Cogliati & Nick Luymes & Andrew H Bass & Margaret A Marchaterre & Joseph A Sisneros & Benjamin M Bolker & Sigal Balshine & Michael TaborskyHandling editor, 2018. "Phenotypic traits and resource quality as factors affecting male reproductive success in a toadfish," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(2), pages 496-507.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:2:p:496-507.
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