Aquatic animals use and produce sound for critical life functions, including reproduction.
Anthropogenic noise is recognized as a global source of environmental pollution and …

Quantifying the shape and strength of mating preferences is a vital component of the study of
sexual selection and reproductive isolation, but the influence of experimental design on …

How populations and species respond to modified environmental conditions is critical to
their persistence both now and into the future, particularly given the increasing pace of …

One of the drivers of life's diversification has been the emergence of “evolutionary
innovations”: The evolution of traits that grant access to underused ecological niches. Since …

The elaboration and diversification of sexually selected weapons remain poorly understood.
We argue that progress in this topic has been hindered by a strong bias in sexual selection …

ABSTRACT A central question in ecology and evolution is to understand why sexual
selection varies so much in strength across taxa; it has long been known that ecological …

Ephemeral resource patches (ERPs)–short lived resources including dung, carrion,
temporary pools, rotting vegetation, decaying wood, and fungi–are found throughout every …

It is well known that sexual selection can target reproductive traits during successive pre‐
and post‐mating episodes of selection. A key focus of recent studies has been to understand …

Urbanisation can affect mating opportunities and thereby alter inter‐and intra‐sexual
selection pressures on sexual traits. Biotic and abiotic urban conditions can influence an …

Sexual conflict can arise when males evolve traits that improve their mating success but in
doing so harm females. By reducing female fitness, male harm can diminish offspring …