Empirical studies of sexual selection typically focus on one of the two mechanisms of sexual
selection without integrating these into a description of total sexual selection, or study total …

The role of sexual selection in adaptation is disputed. A balance between sexual and
viability selection can be achieved in stable environments, but environmental perturbations …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Highlighting the growing importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in emerging
fields such as molecular genetics, genomics, and environmental toxicology, Biology of the …

Territory characteristics correlate with male characteristics in several species. This can result
from male competition for the best territories, or from males varying in their ability to pay …

Behavioural traits that co-vary across contexts or situations often reflect fundamental trade-
offs which individuals experience in different contexts (eg fitness trade-offs between …

Social costs are often important in promoting the honesty of sexually selected traits. What
happens, then, when social costs are relaxed? In species that breed in shallow coastal …

Sexual selection arises from social interactions, and if social environments vary so too
should sexual selection. For example, male–male competition often occurs either in the …

The response of bystanders to information available in their social environment can have a
potent influence on the evolution of cooperation and signalling systems. In the presence of …

Much evidence exists for sexually selected traits reflecting various components of mate
quality, but the factors that limit signal expression and ensure honest signaling are less well …