2016
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0861
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Male courtship decisions are influenced by light environment and female receptivity

Abstract: The appearance of animal colour signals depends jointly upon the ambient light spectrum and the signal's reflectance spectra. Light environment heterogeneity might, therefore, allow individuals to enhance their signal by signalling in an environment that increases signal efficacy. We tested this hypothesis by providing male guppies (Poecilia reticulata), a choice of three light environments in which to display their colour signal to females: green, lilac, and clear. We paired males with both receptive and non-… Show more

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“…We took reflectance scans over 300–700 nm. Measurements were standardized using black and Spectralon white standards and recorded using Ocean Optics SpectraSuite ® software (Cole & Endler, , ). We measured 20 males from each selection line replicate per generation (the same males that were photographed as above, one male died in B1 leaving only 19 to photograph in that selection line).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We took reflectance scans over 300–700 nm. Measurements were standardized using black and Spectralon white standards and recorded using Ocean Optics SpectraSuite ® software (Cole & Endler, , ). We measured 20 males from each selection line replicate per generation (the same males that were photographed as above, one male died in B1 leaving only 19 to photograph in that selection line).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(2008) Fish Lake Victoria Cichlids Vision Aquatic Yes Yes Maan et al. (2006) Fish Goodeids Vision Aquatic Yes Yes Garcia and Ramirez (2005) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic Yes Endler (1980) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic Yes Yes Endler (1983) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic Yes Endler (1987) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic Yes Yes Endler (1991) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic Yes Yes Endler (1995) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic Yes Cole and Endler (2016) Fish Guppies Vision Aquatic …”
Section: Evidence For Sensory Drivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Male reproduction is costly, requiring investment in sexual ornaments and weapons (Emlen 2001), mating behavior (e.g., courtship, mate guarding; Cole and Endler 2016; Dowling and Webster 2017), and sperm/ejaculate production (Olsson et al. 1997).…”
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confidence: 99%