Phenotypic correlates of pelvic spine coloration in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): implications for function and evolution

Amundsen CR(2015)Conspicuous carotenoid-based pelvic spine ornament in three-spined stickleback populations—occurrence and inheritance PeerJ 3 287-300

Nordeide JT(1993)The advantages of being red: sexual selection in the stickleback Mar Behav Physiol 23 74-80

Gjøen HM(1994)Female mate choice and male red coloration in a natural three-spined stickleback ( Behav Ecol 5 2022-2036

Larsen B(2017)) population Evolution 71 1261-1267

Egeland ES(1999)Phenotypic plasticity drives a depth gradient in male conspicuousness in threespine stickleback, Anim Behav 58 20151987-914

Bakker TCM(2015)The relationship between signal quality and physical condition: is sexual signalling honest in the three-spined stickleback? Proc R Soc B 282 902-R1060

Milinski M(2011)The sexual selection paradigm: have we overlooked other mechanisms in the evolution of male ornaments? Biol J Linn Soc 102 R1059-S153

Bakker TCM(2007)Colour plasticity and background matching in a threespine stickleback species pair Curr Biol 17 20160342-508

Mundwiler B(2017)Animal behaviour: Strategic signalling by cephalopods Phil Trans R Soc B 372 S125-1330

Brock CD(1992)Camouflage through colour change: mechanisms, adaptive value and ecological significance Am Nat 139 485-393

Amundsen CR(2015)Conspicuous carotenoid-based pelvic spine ornament in three-spined stickleback populations—occurrence and inheritance PeerJ 3 287-300

Nordeide JT(1993)The advantages of being red: sexual selection in the stickleback Mar Behav Physiol 23 74-80

Gjøen HM(1994)Female mate choice and male red coloration in a natural three-spined stickleback ( Behav Ecol 5 2022-2036

Larsen B(2017)) population Evolution 71 1261-1267

Egeland ES(1999)Phenotypic plasticity drives a depth gradient in male conspicuousness in threespine stickleback, Anim Behav 58 20151987-914

Bakker TCM(2015)The relationship between signal quality and physical condition: is sexual signalling honest in the three-spined stickleback? Proc R Soc B 282 902-R1060

Milinski M(2011)The sexual selection paradigm: have we overlooked other mechanisms in the evolution of male ornaments? Biol J Linn Soc 102 R1059-S153

Bakker TCM(2007)Colour plasticity and background matching in a threespine stickleback species pair Curr Biol 17 20160342-508

Mundwiler B(2017)Animal behaviour: Strategic signalling by cephalopods Phil Trans R Soc B 372 S125-1330

Brock CD(1992)Camouflage through colour change: mechanisms, adaptive value and ecological significance Am Nat 139 485-393