In most mating systems, males and females are commonly within signalling and receiving
distance of conspecifics during courtship and mating activities. Although it is well known that …

Males in various species adjust their mate choice to sperm competition risk and intensity
arising when females potentially mate with several competing males. If males use social …

Collective motion is commonly modeled with static interaction rules between agents.
Substantial empirical evidence indicates, however, that animals may adapt their interaction …

Body size is often assumed to determine how successfully an individual can lead others with
larger individuals being better leaders than smaller ones. But even if larger individuals are …

Exaggerated male traits under sexual selection are often used for both competition and
courtship, raising the question of whether ornaments evolved simultaneously for both …

The maintenance of variation within natural populations is key for natural selection to
operate. Polymorphism is an intriguing form of variation that involves the persistence of …

In populations with male mate-choice copying, males may mitigate their risk of sexual
competition by reducing their preference for a particular female in the presence of sexual …

Social organization is often studied through point estimates of individual association or
interaction patterns, which does not account for temporal changes in the course of …

Males in polygamous mating systems may inadvertently transmit information regarding their
mating preferences to bystanding sexual competitors, thereby permitting bystanders to use …

Several factors are involved in determining the outcome of sperm competition. In addition to
sperm number, sperm quality and male phenotype, insemination order is often associated …