Male-male competition ensures honest signaling of male parental ability in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

By U. Candolin. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2000

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Sexual selection and condition dependence of courtship display in three species of horned dung beetles (2002, background): “It may also be that male contest competition facilitates female choice by making the differences between males more pronounced, thus increasing the ease and accuracy of female choice (Candolin, 1999a, 2000).”
Armaments and ornaments in the rock sparrow: a possible dual utility of a carotenoid-based feather signal (2006, background): “Indeed, several examples of honest signaling in animals are based on carotenoidbased ornaments (e.g., Hill 1991; Burley et al. 1992; Nicoletto 1995; Candolin 2000; Peters et al. 2004).”
Correlation between male size and territory quality: consequence of male competition or predation susceptibility? (2001, background): “Especially male competition influences red colour expression by increasing the difference among males in colour expression and by increasing the honesty of the colour as a signal of male parental ability (Candolin 2000).”