Two very basic ideas in sexual selection are heavily influenced by numbers of potential
mates: the evolution of anisogamy, leading to sex role differentiation, and the frequency …

It is becoming increasingly clear that the evolutionary interests of the sexes are often in
conflict when it comes to mating. Sexual encounters involving nuptial gifts, however, have …

Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these
systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such …

Students of evolutionary and behavioural ecology are often unfamiliar with mathematical
techniques, though much of biology relies on mathematics. Evolutionary ideas are often …

Choice for mate quality and number of mates are key components of female mating
strategies. We investigated how selection on female choosiness also influences number of …

Sexual conflict has been suggested to be important in the evolution of reproductive traits,
with much recent theoretical and empirical evidence emphasizing its role in generating …

Despite widespread evidence for the benefits of polyandry, there are costs associated with
each mating for females, and for many species, it is unknown whether the costs of extra …

In a seminal paper, described how sex roles in mate searching can be frequency
dependent: the need for one sex to perform mate searching is diminished when the opposite …

Sexual selection research has always been a subject for debate. Much of the criticism has
concerned the imposition of conventional sex roles based on an anthropomorphic view of …

Mate choice is a common phenomenon in animals and several factors have been proposed
as being involved in the acceptance or rejection of a partner. I investigated the effect of …