Why does the peacock have such an elaborate tail? This cumbersome trait significantly decreases the male's chances of survival. It only exists because it confers an advantage to its bearer in the form ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Intrasexual competition among male guppies, Poecilia reticulata, was demonstrated to manifest itself partially as a social facilitation of ...

Sexual selection has often been invoked in explaining extravagant morphological and behavioural adaptations that function to increase mating success. Much is known about the effects of intersexual ...

Crothers, Laura Rose. 2014. Intrasexual selection and warning color evolution in an aposematic poison dart frog. Austin, Texas: University of Texas.