Astaxanthin is a high value keto‐carotenoid pigment renowned for its commercial
application in various industries comprising aquaculture, food, cosmetic, nutraceutical and …

The distinct reproductive roles of males and females, which for many years were
characterised in terms of competitive males and choosy females, have remained a central …

Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive
biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of …

Animals often need to signal to attract mates and behavioural signalling may impose
substantial energetic and fitness costs to signallers. Consequently, individuals often …

Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) have a promiscuous mating system in which female choice for
brightly coloured males plays an important role. Consequently, much research on guppies …

In promiscuous species, male reproductive success is determined by the interaction
between the ability to access and choose females of the highest reproductive quality and …

Mate choice hypotheses usually focus on trait variation of chosen individuals. Recently,
mate choice studies have increasingly attended to the environmental circumstances …

The evolution of prudent choice Page 1 The evolution of prudent choice Roger Härdling1* and
Hanna Kokko2,3 1Department of Animal Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, S-223 62 …

Male mate choice occurs in several animal species, but we know little about the factors that
influence the expression of this behaviour. Males vary in their capacity to acquire mates (ie …

While many theories exist on the evolution of the sexual swelling signal in female primates,
the significance of the very large and variable swellings found in some catarrhine primates is …