The handicap hypothesis of sexual selection predicts that sexual ornaments have evolved
heightened condition–dependent expression. The prediction has only recently been subject …

The genic capture hypothesis offers a resolution to the question of how genetic variation in
male sexually selected traits is maintained in the face of strong female preferences. The …

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

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering
(and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect calls. How are these calls …

Short-term evolutionary potential depends on the additive genetic variance in the
population. The additive variance is often measured as heritability, the fraction of the total …

Sexual selection has resulted in some of the most captivating features of insects, including
flashy colors, bizarre structures, and complex pheromones. These features evolve in …

Mate choice is favored by indirect selection if choosy females mate with males of high
genetic quality. We believe, however, that testing hypotheses about indirect selection has …

ABSTRACT A central question in ecology and evolution is to understand why sexual
selection varies so much in strength across taxa; it has long been known that ecological …

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 …

Genotype‐by‐environment interactions (GxEs) in naturally selected traits have been
extensively studied, but the impact of GxEs on sexual selection has only recently begun to …