For almost 40 years, studies of whole-organism performance have formed a cornerstone of
evolutionary physiology. Although its utility as a heuristic guide is beyond question, and we …

Four studies and a computer simulation tested the hypothesis that people who are
overconfident in their self-assessments may be more successful in attracting mates. In Study …

Locomotor performance is linked to fitness and health of animals and is expected to be
under strong selection. However, interindividual variation in locomotor performance is …

Traits involved in sexual signaling are ubiquitous among animals. Although a single trait
appears sufficient to convey information, many sexually dimorphic species exhibit multiple …

In nature, the caudal fins of fish species are frequently lost to some extent by aggressive
behaviour, predation and diseases. To test whether the swimming performance of fish with …

One of the more intuitive viability costs that can result from the possession of exaggerated
sexually selected traits is increased predation pressure as a result of reduced locomotor …

It is important to determine the enabling mechanisms that underlie locomotor performance to
explain the evolutionary patterns and ecological success of animals. Our aim was to …

Locomotor performance is crucial to survival in many species. Swimming performance in fish
depends on fin shape and size, and swimming performance may change with fin damage …

Functional constraints between different types of antipredator behavior should be common,
especially if they are on the opposite sides of the behavioral spectrum such as flight and …

Although the signalling role of melanin-based coloration has been largely debated, an
increasing number of studies support its relationship to different fitness-related traits …