ArticleBiology letters2018
Does the winner-loser effect determine male mating success?
Article in Biology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Fluctuating salinity during development impacts fish life histories.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Paternity analysis reveals sexual selection on cognitive performance in mosquitofish.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Learning from fights: Males' social dominance status impact reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster.PloS one · 2024Article
- Dynamic neurogenomic responses to social interactions and dominance outcomes in female paper wasps.PLoS genetics · 2021Article
- Winners have higher pre-copulatory mating success but losers have better post-copulatory outcomes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Does losing reduce the tendency to engage with rivals to reach mates? An experimental test.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
- Effects of past mating behavior versus past ejaculation on male mate choice and male attractiveness.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Winning or losing a fight can have lasting effects on competitors. Controlling for inherent fighting ability and other factors, a history of winning often makes individuals more likely to win future contests, while the opposite is true for losers (the 'winner-loser effect'). But does the winner-loser effect also influence a male's mating success? We experimentally staged contests between male mosquitofish (
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