Socially monogamous birds have provided a major focus of research in the field of sexual
selection, providing insight into the evolution of ornaments, sexual dimorphism and sex …

Why do some animals mate with one partner rather than many? Here, I investigate factors
related to (i) spatial constraints (habitat limitation, mate availability),(ii) time constraints …

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

Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive
account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration …

Research on mate choice has primarily focused on preferences for quality indicators,
assuming that all individuals show consensus about who is the most attractive. However, in …

Mate choice studies routinely assume female preferences for indicators of high quality in
males but rarely consider developmental causes of within-population variation in mating …

Prolonged pair bonds have the potential to improve reproductive performance of socially
monogamous animals by increasing pair familiarity and enhancing coordination and …

Social and genetic mating systems play an important role in natural and sexual selection, as
well as in the dynamics of populations. In socially monogamous species different genetic …

Males and females often exhibit different behaviours during mate acquisition, pair‐bonding
and parenting, and a convenient label to characterize these behaviours is sex role. The …

Learning is ubiquitous in animals: individuals can use their experience to fine-tune
behaviour and thus to better adapt to the environment during their lifetime. Observations …