Females of a polymorphic seabird dislike foreign-looking males

• Published in: Animal Behaviour
• Main Authors: López-Rull, Isabel, Lifshitz, Natalia, Macías Garcia, Constantino, Graves, Jefferson Alden, Torres, Roxana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Brown booby; Female preference; Reinforcement; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation; Sula leucogaster; Jorge Island
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/females-of-a-polymorphic-seabird-dislike-foreignlooking-males(21e2fb9b-c2af-4fb2-9db2-9d9c1a7ee084).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.023

Sexual selection may facilitate speciation if it promotes divergence in attributes used in mate choice, causing prezygotic isolation between populations. Brown boobies, Sula leucogaster, are seabirds that can be grouped into four genetic clusters and two male plumage morphs: brown-headed sexually mo...