The distinct reproductive roles of males and females, which for many years were
characterised in terms of competitive males and choosy females, have remained a central …

Sperm competition was identified in 1970 as a pervasive selective force in post‐copulatory
sexual selection that occurs when the ejaculates of different males compete to fertilise a …

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 …

For sexual selection to act on a given sex, there must exist variation in the reproductive
success of that sex as a result of differential access to mates or fertilisations. The …

In spite of recent interest in sexual selection in females, debate exists over whether traits that
influence female–female competition are sexually selected. This review uses female–female …

Multiple mating or group spawning leads to post‐copulatory sexual selection, which
generally favours ejaculates that are more competitive under sperm competition. In four …

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional
conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional …

The evolution and maintenance of secondary sexual characteristics and behavior are
heavily influenced by the variance in mating success among individuals in a population. The …

We give a historic overview and critical perspective of polyandry in the context of sexual
selection. Early approaches tended to obfuscate the fact that the total matings (copulations) …

The Darwin–Bateman paradigm recognizes competition among males for access to multiple
mates as the main driver of sexual selection. Increasingly, however, females are also being …