Nests as ornaments: revealing construction by male sticklebacks

By I. Barber, David Nairn, F. Huntingford. 2001

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Communication in troubled waters: responses of fish communication systems to changing environments (2011, background): “For example, in three-spined sticklebacks, a species in which females visually inspect nest characteristics prior to spawning for mate choice (Östlund-Nilsson and Holmlund 2003), the structure of nests built by males correlates with androgen-dependent physiological traits (Barber et al. 2001).”
Effects of a low oxygen environment on parental effort and filial cannibalism in the male sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus (2003, result): “This has been shown to be the case in a study on three-spined sticklebacks by Barber et al. (2001) .”
The artistic three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteous aculeatus) (2003, background): “: +47-22-855050 Fax: +47-22-854664 structure may work as an ornament revealing male health status and his androgen levels (Barber et al. 2001).”
Have your cake and eat it too: male sand gobies show more parental care in the presence of female partners (2004, background): “Females may, for example, base mating decisions on traits that indicate amale’s willingness and ability to provide care (Hoelzer, 1989; Kunzler and Bakker, 2000; Tallamy, 2000), but it has also been suggested that care and care-related behavior, such as nest building (the extended phenotype, see Daw”