A conceptual review of mate choice: stochastic demography, within-sex phenotypic plasticity, and individual flexibility

Bayesian animals sense ecological constraints to predict fitness and organize individually flexible reproductive decisions

(2013) Patricia Adair Gowaty et al.   BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

Sperm competition risk and mate choice in male Trinidadian guppies, Poecilia reticulata

(2011) Sarah B. Jeswiet et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Female hunger state affects mate choice of a sexually selected trait in a wolf spider

(2011) Brian Moskalik et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

How female size and male displays influence mate preference in a swordtail

(2011) Ryan Y. Wong et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Mating experience in field crickets modifies pre- and postcopulatory female choice in parallel

(2011) Darren Rebar et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch

(2011) Joseph L. Woodgate et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Encounter rates with conspecific males influence female mate choice in a naturally hybridizing fish

(2011) Pamela M. Willis et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals to adjust their mate choice

(2011) D. Bierbach et al.   Biology Letters

Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects

(2011) David Bierbach et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diet Quality Affects Mate Choice in Domestic Female Canary Serinus canaria

(2011) Alexandre Lerch et al.   ETHOLOGY

Simulated Predation Risk Influences Female Choice in Túngara Frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus

(2011) Luis A. Bonachea et al.   ETHOLOGY

Developmental Plasticity in Sexual Roles of Butterfly Species Drives Mutual Sexual Ornamentation

(2011) K. L. Prudic et al.   SCIENCE

Developmental stress and female mate choice behaviour in the zebra finch

(2010) Joseph L. Woodgate et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Variation in mating preference within a wild population influences the mating success of alternative mating strategies

(2010) Molly R. Morris et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Exposure to multiple sensory cues as a juvenile affects adult female mate preferences in wolf spiders

(2010) Jenai M. Rutledge et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Male mate choice in hermit crabs: prudence by inferior males and simple preference by superior males

(2010) Satoshi Wada et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Experimental evidence for a seasonal shift in the strength of a female mating preference

(2010) Richard N.C. Milner et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Female Lincoln's sparrows modulate their behavior in response to variation in male song quality

(2010) Samuel P. Caro et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Inbreeding level does not induce female discrimination between sibs and unrelated males in guppies

(2010) Palestina Guevara-Fiore et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Seasonal polyphenism in life history traits: time costs of direct development in a butterfly

(2010) Helena Larsdotter Mellström et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The interval between sexual encounters affects male courtship tactics in a desert-dwelling fish

(2010) P. Andreas Svensson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) adjust their mate choice behaviour to the presence of an audience

(2010) Amber Makowicz et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Social influences on female choice in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)

(2010) Jennifer E. Stellar et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

The relative effects of mating status and age on the mating behaviour of female field crickets

(2010) Kevin A. Judge et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Mate Quality and Novelty Influence Post-Copulatory Female Choice in Decorated Crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus

(2010) Susan N. Gershman et al.   ETHOLOGY

Effects of Hunger on Mate-choice Copying in the Guppy

(2010) Lee Alan Dugatkin et al.   ETHOLOGY

FEMALES ARE CHOOSIER IN THE DARK: ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT RELIANCE ON COURTSHIP COMPONENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON FITNESS

(2010) Aaron S. Rundus et al.   EVOLUTION

Sex in an Evolutionary Perspective: Just Another Reaction Norm

(2010) Malin Ah-King et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Density affects mating mode and large male mating advantage in a fiddler crab

(2010) Pablo D. Ribeiro et al.   OECOLOGIA

Sexual Display and Mate Choice in an Energetically Costly Environment

(2010) Megan L. Head et al.   PLoS One

Does Competition Allow Male Mate Choosiness in Threespine Sticklebacks?

(2009) Ulrika Candolin et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Interspecific cross-fostering affects song acquisition but not mate choice in pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca

(2009) Ane Eriksen et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Experimental manipulation of the rearing environment influences adult female zebra finch song preferences

(2009) Katharina Riebel et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

(2009) Päivi Maria Sirkiä et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Cross-fostering diminishes song discrimination in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

(2009) Dana L. M. Campbell et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Aviary Experience Has No Effect on Predisposition of Female Common Canaries (Serinus canaria) for Longer Sexy Phrases

(2009) Magali Pasteau et al.   AUK

Female túngara frogs vary in commitment to mate choice

(2009) Alexander T. Baugh et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Prudent male mate choice under perceived sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquito fish

(2009) Bob B. M. Wong et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

When are vomiting males attractive? Sexual selection on condition-dependent nuptial feeding in Drosophila subobscura

(2009) Elina Immonen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Condition-dependent mate choice and its implications for population differentiation in the wolf spider Pirata piraticus

(2009) Debbie Eraly et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Investment in mate choice depends on resource availability in female Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

(2009) Maren N. Vitousek   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Field crickets change mating preferences using remembered social information

(2009) N. W. Bailey et al.   Biology Letters

Experience Plays a Role in Female Preference for Symmetry in the Swordtail FishXiphophorus malinche

(2009) M. Scarlett Tudor et al.   ETHOLOGY

Audience effects in the Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana)–prudent male mate choice in response to perceived sperm competition risk?

(2009) Madlen Ziege et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Reproductive decisions under ecological constraints: It's about time

(2009) P. A. Gowaty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Female fiddler crabs settle for less: the travel costs of mate choice

(2008) Isobel Booksmythe et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

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

The less amorous Gammarus: predation risk affects mating decisions in Gammarus duebeni (Amphipoda)

(2008) Alison M. Dunn et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Diet influences mate choice selectivity in adult female wolf spiders

(2008) Eileen A. Hebets et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Evidence of mate choice copying in Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus

(2008) Bennett G. Galef et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Female mate choice copying affects sexual selection in wild populations of the ocellated wrasse

(2008) Suzanne H. Alonzo   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Mate choice, operational sex ratio, and social promiscuity in a wild population of the long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus

(2008) Marie-José Naud et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Seasonal plasticity in male mating preferences in sailfin mollies

(2008) Katja U. Heubel et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Context-dependent mate choice in relation to social composition in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleri

(2008) Nick J. Royle et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Audience effect alters male but not female mating preferences

(2008) Martin Plath et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Prior encounters with the opposite sex affect male and female mating behavior in a wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae)

(2008) Shawn M. Wilder et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A visual audience effect in a cavefish

(2008) Martin Plath et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Cross-fostering Does Not Influence the Mate Preferences and Territorial Behaviour of Males in Lake Victoria Cichlids

(2008) Machteld N. Verzijden et al.   ETHOLOGY

Mate-choice copying when both sexes face high costs of reproduction

(2008) Joachim G. Frommen et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Operational sex ratio affects nest tending and aggression in male flagfish Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean

(2008) H. Klug et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

The Effects of Age and Previous Mating Experience on Pre- and Post-copulatory Mate Choice in Female House Crickets (Acheta domesticus L.)

(2008) Brian S. Mautz et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Male Mate Choice in Trichogramma Turkestanica

(2008) V. Martel et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Acoustic experience shapes female mate choice in field crickets

(2008) N. W Bailey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The strength of a female mate preference increases with predation risk

(2008) T. W. Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Plasticity in Female Mate Choice Dampens Sexual Selection on Male Ornaments in the Lark Bunting

(2008) A. S. Chaine et al.   SCIENCE

Audience effect alters mating preferences in a livebearing fish, the Atlantic molly, Poecilia mexicana

(2007) Martin Plath et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Unexpected male choosiness for mates in a spider

(2007) M.C Bel-Venner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES