Recently, the importance of the female to population dynamics—especially her non‐genetic
contribution to offspring fitness or maternal effect—has received much attention in studies of …

One of the common assumptions in the study of the evolution of parental care is that trade‐
offs exist between parental investment and other fitness‐related traits. In general, this body …

Selection against large eggs has been proposed for aquatic environments, putatively
because large eggs should have more difficulty obtaining the required oxygen. Here, we use …

Als junger Doktorand im ausgehenden letzten Jahrhundert war das Leben noch
übersichtlich. In der Bibliothek meiner Universität wurden jeden Dienstag die neusten …

Reproductive investment decisions form an integral part of life-history biology. Selection
frequently favours plasticity in investment that can generate maternal effects on offspring …

Mating success tends to be skewed toward dominant males, though female mate
preferences may not always correlate with male dominance. In this study, we investigated …

It is well known that being given ''silver spoons''can be beneficial to offspring, in the sense
that conditions experienced early in life can have long-lasting consequences (Lindström …

Megafishes are important to people and ecosystems worldwide. These fishes attain a
maximum body weight of≥ 30 kg. Global population declines highlight the need for more …

Sexual selection acting on male traits through female mate choice is commonly inferred from
female association preferences in dichotomous mate choice experiments. However, there …

A phenomenon that has attracted a substantial theoretical and empirical interest is the
positive relationship between egg size and the extent of parental care in fishes. Interestingly …