Mating stimulates female feeding: testing the implications for the evolution of nuptial gifts.

Nutritional benefits from nuptial gifts have been difficult to detect in some species, raising the question: what maintains nuptial feeding when gifts do not benefit females? The sensory trap hypothesis proposes that nuptial feeding may be explained by pre-existing sensory responses that predispose...

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Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Perry, J
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: 2011