Multiple sexual ornaments

Many species have multiple sexual ornaments, whereby females select mating partners using several signals instead of only one. Whereas this phenomenon is self-evident and hence long recognized, adaptive explanations of why females use several signals instead of only one signal have been formulated relatively recently.

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Multiple sexual ornaments

Many species have multiple sexual ornaments, whereby females select mating partners using several signals instead of only one. Whereas this phenomenon is self-evident and hence long recognized, adaptive explanations of why females use several signals instead of only one signal have been formulated relatively recently.

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