Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Fitness benefits from co-display favour subdominant male-male partnerships between phenotypes
J. D. M. Tolliver, K. Kupan, D. B. Lank…·C. Kuepper
The paper models co-display behavior in male ruffs to show how subdominant males can benefit from partnerships that reduce mating skew among residents.
DOI 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.12.004