SIGNALING EFFICACY DRIVES THE EVOLUTION OF LARGER SEXUAL ORNAMENTS BY SEXUAL SELECTION

A Guide to Sexual Selection Theory

(2012) Bram Kuijper et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

RUNAWAY SEXUAL SELECTION LEADS TO GOOD GENES

(2012) Christopher H. Chandler et al.   EVOLUTION

Female preference and the evolution of an exaggerated male ornament: the shape of the preference function matters

(2011) Donelle M. Robinson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Enigmatic ornamentation eases male reliance on courtship performance for mating success

(2011) Eileen A. Hebets et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Male, but not female, preference for an ornament expressed in both sexes of the polygynous mosquito Sabethes cyaneus

(2011) Sandra H. South et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Female mate preference for a costly ornament in male guppies

(2011) Kenji Karino et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The information content of odour, colour and tactile cues in the mate choice of minnows

(2011) Jukka Kekäläinen et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Male phenotype predicts extra-pair paternity in pied flycatchers

(2011) David Canal et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Sex-ratio control erodes sexual selection, revealing evolutionary feedback from adaptive plasticity

(2011) T. W. Fawcett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In the Eyes of the Beholders: Female Choice and Avian Predation Risk Associated with an Exaggerated Male Butterfly Color

(2010) Nathan I. Morehouse et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Mate choice in the dung beetle Onthophagus sagittarius: are female horns ornaments?

(2010) Nicola L. Watson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A novel, sexually selected trait in poeciliid fishes: female preference for mustache-like, rostral filaments in male Poecilia sphenops

(2010) Ingo Schlupp et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Plumage maintenance affects ultraviolet colour and female preference in the budgerigar

(2010) Matteo Griggio et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Great Bowerbirds Create Theaters with Forced Perspective When Seen by Their Audience

(2010) John A. Endler et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Female Mate Preference for Males Having Long and Symmetric Fins in the Bower-holding Cichlid Cyathopharynx furcifer

(2010) Kenji Karino   ETHOLOGY

RESEARCH PAPER: Multiple Sexual Ornamentation Signals Male Quality and Predicts Female Preference in Minnows

(2010) Jukka Kekäläinen et al.   ETHOLOGY

Inbreeding Depression and Inbreeding Avoidance in a Natural Population of Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

(2010) Ashley M. Johnson et al.   ETHOLOGY

Female preference for male dorsal crests in great crested newts (Triturus cristatus)

(2010) J.C. Malmgren et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Distinguishing between male and territory quality: females choose multiple traits in the pied flycatcher

(2009) Päivi Maria Sirkiä et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The Allure of the Distinctive: Reduced Sexual Responsiveness of Female Guppies to ‘Redundant’ Male Colour Patterns

(2009) Katherine J. Hampton et al.   ETHOLOGY

SEXUAL SELECTION CAN INCREASE THE EFFECT OF RANDOM GENETIC DRIFT-A QUANTITATIVE GENETIC MODEL OF POLYMORPHISM IN OOPHAGA PUMILIO, THE STRAWBERRY POISON-DART FROG

(2009) Samuel J. Tazzyman et al.   EVOLUTION

Variation in effects of male plumage ornaments: the case of Iberian Pied Flycatchers

(2009) ISMAEL GALVÁN et al.   IBIS

The relative importance of male tail length and nuptial plumage on social dominance and mate choice in the red-backed fairy-wrenMalurus melanocephalus: evidence for the multiple receiver hypothesis

(2009) Jordan Karubian et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Experience-induced preference for short-sworded males in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri

(2008) Craig A. Walling et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Alarm calling best predicts mating and reproductive success in ornamented male fowl, Gallus gallus

(2008) David R. Wilson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Do male plumage and song characteristics influence female off-territory forays and paternity in the hooded warbler?

(2008) Ioana Chiver et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Female sensory bias may allow honest chemical signaling by male Iberian rock lizards

(2008) José Martín et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY