Browsing by Author "Corney, Rachel Helen"

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Extent of plasticity in the nuptial body coloration of the white ecotype of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Corney, Rachel Helen (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

During mating, animals use both behavioural and morphological traits to compete for and attract mates. In some species, one of the sexes may exhibit nuptial colouration, a type of signal that is under sexual selection. ...
Mate choice in white and common threespine sticklebacks (gasterosteus aculeatus)

Corney, Rachel Helen (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)

During speciation, mate choice can reproductively isolate one group from another through selection on divergent traits and behaviours such as colouration, courtship behaviour, and/or body size. Reinforcement can also ...

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