Understanding mating systems is a pillar of behavioural ecology, placing the complex
interactions between females and males into a reproductive context. The field of multiple …

Abstract Between 85% and 95% of all living macroscopic species are found on land; the rest
are mainly marine. We argue that the extraordinary diversity on land is geologically recent …

In sexually reproducing organisms, conflicts of interest among family members are
inevitable. The intensity of these conflicts depends upon the opportunities for parents and …

Dispersal is a critical process for the persistence and productivity of marine populations. For
many reef species, there is increasing evidence that local demography and self‐recruitment …

The effects and associated toxicological mechanisms of five phthalate esters (PAEs) on
abalone embryonic development were investigated by exposing the embryos to a range of …

The toxicity of seven phthalate esters (PAEs), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate
(DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP), di …

The link between life history traits and mating systems in diploid organisms has been
extensively addressed in the literature, whereas the degree of selfing and/or inbreeding in …

The wide distribution of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri along the Mediterranean coasts
has been documented since the eighteenth century. However, despite copious …

Within populations of brooding sessile corals, sperm dispersal constitutes the mechanism by
which gametes interact and mating occurs, and forms the first link in the network of …

The colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri should be considered cryptogenic (ie, not
definitively classified as either native or introduced) in the Northwest Atlantic. Although all …