Variation in mate choice and mating preferences: a review of causes and consequences

MD Jennions, M Petrie - Biological Reviews, 1997 - cambridge.org
The aim of this review is to consider variation in mating preferences among females. We
define mating preferences as the sensory and behavioural properties that influence the …

Stress and decision making under the risk of predation: recent developments from behavioral, reproductive, and ecological perspectives

SL Lima - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 1998 - Elsevier
My objective here is to provide a comprehensive review of recent empirical and theoretical
work on antipredator decision making. The ways in which predators influence the behavioral …

[图书][B] Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects

LW Simmons - 2002 - degruyter.com
One hundred years after Darwin considered how sexual selection shapes the behavioral
and morphological characteristics of males for acquiring mates, Parker realized that sexual …

Predation risk as a cost of reproduction

C Magnhagen - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1991 - cell.com
There are many examples of morphological and behavioural adaptations for predator
evasion in general. However, studies of evolutionary responses to an increased predation …

[图书][B] Sex, size and gender roles: evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism

DJ Fairbairn, WU Blanckenhorn, T Székely - 2007 - books.google.com
Why do males and females frequently differ so markedly in body size and morphology? Sex,
Size, and Gender Roles is the first book to investigate the genetic, developmental, and …

Elk alter habitat selection as an antipredator response to wolves

S Creel, J Winnie Jr, B Maxwell, K Hamlin, M Creel - Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
For elk (Cervus elaphus) in the Gallatin drainage of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,
Montana, USA, wolf movements caused local predation risk to vary substantially on a time …

Functional responses in habitat use: Availability influences relative use in trade‐off situations

A Mysterud, RA Ims - Ecology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Current methods for evaluating habitat selection from animal space‐use observations ignore
possible interactions between time allocation patterns relative to different resources, their …

[PDF][PDF] Mating dynamics of South African forest millipedes: Centrobolus (Diplopoda: Pachybolidae)

MI Cooper - 1998 - open.uct.ac.za
This study focuses on the mating dynamics of South African forest millipedes Centrobolus
(Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae). The main objectives were to investigate the two …

Defensive behavior in rats towards predatory odors: a review

RA Dielenberg, IS McGregor - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Studies of the response of rodents to predatory odors (mainly cat) have provided useful
insights into the nature of defensive behavior. This article reviews work in this area with a …

Sexual conflict and the evolutionary ecology of mating patterns: water striders as a model system

L Rowe, G Arnqvist, A Sih, JJ Krupa - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1994 - Elsevier
Two core ideas in the study of mating systems and sexual selection are (1) the existence of a
conflict between the sexes over mating decisions, and (2) that variation in ecological …