Studies of mate choice in vertebrates have focused principally on birds, in which male
ornaments are often highly developed, and have shown that females commonly select …

The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis
that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a …

In many long-lived vertebrates (including humans), adult males have shorter lifespans than
adult females, partly as a result of higher annual rates of mortality in males and partly owing …

Our goal in this essay is to review the hypothesis that females choose mates by the
evaluation of male motor performance. We define motor performance as vigour, the ability to …

Wildlife habitats in pastoral lands adjoining protected areas in east African savannas are
getting progressively degraded, fragmented and compressed by expanding human …

Evaluating animal body condition is a necessary component of many ecological studies.
Although many methods for assessing animal body condition have been developed …

Intraspecific variation in male mating behaviour is widespread in ungulates. Such variation
is particularly dramatic when it takes distinct forms, and these discrete behavioural patterns …

126 Hopcraft, Holdo, Mwangomo, Mduma, Thirgood, Borner, Fryxell, Olff, and Sinclair
appears to be plastic) confer on wildebeest a competitive advantage over other herbivores …

The traditional narrow focus on male mate competition in studies of mammalian mating
strategies has been successful in explaining many conspicuous outcomes of sexual …

Prescribed fire is an important management tool in east Africa as a way to improve foraging
conditions for herbivores, and to make wildlife easier for tourists to observe and photograph …