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SUBMITTER: Harrison LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6012695 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harrison Lauren M LM Jennions Michael D MD Head Megan L ML
Biology letters 20180501 5
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 (<i>Gambusia holbrooki</i>) such that focal males either won or lost three successive encou ...[more]