Sexual signaling pattern correlates with habitat pattern in visually ornamented fishes

Samuel V. Hulse; Julien P. Renoult; Tamra C. Mendelson

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16389-0

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Sexual signaling pattern correlates with habitat pattern in visually ornamented fishes

Samuel V. Hulse,
Julien P. Renoult,
Tamra C. Mendelson

Affiliations

Samuel V. Hulse: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Julien P. Renoult: CEFE, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, University of Paul-Valery Montpellier
Tamra C. Mendelson: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16389-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Sensory drive theory posits that selection on sexual signals should depend on the environmental background. Here, Hulse et al. analyze the spatial statistics of body patterning in 10 darter fish species and find a correlation with habitat spatial statistics only for males, consistent with sexual selection via sensory drive.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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