The potential for selective harvests to induce rapid evolutionary change is an important
question for conservation and evolutionary biology, with numerous biological, social and …

Hunting remains the cornerstone of the North American model of wildlife conservation and
management. Nevertheless, research has indicated the potential for hunting to adversely …

Horns, antlers, and other horn‐like structures are products of sexual selection, confer
reproductive advantages, and are heritable and honest indicators of individual quality. In …

ABSTRACT Long‐term data (1974–2011) from harvested bighorn rams (Ovis canadensis) in
Alberta, Canada, suggested a reduction in horn size and in the proportion of trophy rams in …

Intense selective harvest of large mammals who carry the largest weapons may lead to an
evolutionary shrinkage of those weapons. Currently, evidence suggesting evolutionary …

Summary 1 Trade‐offs in resource allocation underline the evolution of life‐history traits but
their expression is frequently challenged by empirical findings. In large herbivores, males …

Life-history trade-offs are well known in female mammals, but have seldom been quantified
for males in polygynous species. I compared age-specific mass, weapon size, survival, and …

The United Nations Member States adopted the Millennium Development Declaration with
the objective to significantly reduce worldwide poverty until the year 2015. This requires …

Brown trout (Salmo trutta) are extensively harvested and its habitat highly influenced by
human encroachments. Using a 40‐year time series of mark–recapture data we estimate …

Although the evolution and function of “exaggerated” bony projections in ornithischian
dinosaurs has been subject to significant debate recently, our understanding of the structure …