... both the chemical and visual traits of other males during social interactions ( Kabir et al., 2019 ). Similar to that in other taxonomic groups, parasite-mediated sexual selection in lizards has also had mixed support. Many lizards express sexually dimorphic visual ( Kabir et al., 2019...

... of Biologists Ltd 2022 Summary: Plant vibrations excited by frog calls prove highly important to the function of those calls. Sexual selection Animal communication Multimodal Substrate vibration Biotremology Anura Smithsonian Institution http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000014...

... speeds. Steroid synthesis Androgens Skeletal muscle Display Sexual selection National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 IOS-1947472 Brown University http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006418 Androgens play a vital role in the regulation...

...: Comparison of three components of frog calls (sound, vocal sac size and ripples) showed that integrating across these modalities improved the estimate of the frog's body size. Acoustics Foraging Mate choice Multimodal communication Sexual selection Animals communicate with signals across...

... et al., 2019 ; Gaston et al., 2013 , 2015 ). Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) Visual ecology Transect Sexual selection Mate attraction Mate choice Summary: Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) impedes female glow worms’ ability to attract males with their glow, implicating...

... choice can be a powerful agent of sexual selection, often resulting in highly conspicuous traits in males. Although the evolutionary causes and consequences of the ornamentation and behaviors displayed by males to attract mates have been well studied, embarrassingly little is known about the proximate...

... by strong sexual selection, with nearly all species exhibiting lek breeding systems, sexually dimorphic plumage ornamentation, and exaggerated courtship displays. Thus, changing the performance landscape to accommodate this evolution seems to involve reconfigurations of the endocrine machinery...

...://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Male house mice demonstrating high competitive ability possess several musculoskeletal traits hypothesized to improve fighting performance in male–male contests. Biomechanics Life-history traits Morphology Musculoskeletal system Sexual selection...

....   5 , 1115 . 10.1088/0957-0233/5/9/013 Endler , J. A. and Basolo , A. L. ( 1998 ). Sensory ecology, receiver biases and sexual selection . Trends Ecol. Evol.   13 , 415 - 420 . 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01471-2 Felsenstein , J. ( 1985 ). Phylogenies and the comparative...

...-by-environment interaction Oxidative stress Phenotypic variation Phenotypic quality Sexual selection Secondary sexual trait Phenotypic variation within wild populations is extremely wide ( Dale, 2006 ). One potential explanation for this variation is that alternative phenotypes are adapted...

... Summary: Capital- and income-breeding strategies can be applied to males, but factors shaping these strategies are different from those found in females. Fasting Sexual selection Mating system Male–male competition Intrasexual selection Lekking Polygyny Oxidative stress Trade-offs...

...Carlos Alonso-Alvarez; Esther García-de Blas; Rafael Mateo ABSTRACT Carotenoids give color to conspicuous animal signals that are often the product of sexual selection. Knowledge of the mechanisms involved in carotenoid-based signaling is critical to understanding how these traits evolve. However...

...Alexa Tullis; Corinne H. T. Straube ABSTRACT Models proposed to explain sexually selected structures assume that these traits are costly. However, studies investigating the impact of such structures on locomotory costs have produced inconsistent results. Male fiddler crabs possess a large sexually...

....   67 , 109 - 130 . Altmann , S. A. ( 1987 ). The impact of locomotor energetics on mammalian foraging . J. Zool.   211 , 215 - 225 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1987.tb01530.x Andersson , M. ( 1994 ). Sexual Selection . Princeton : Princeton University Press . Arnold , S...

... yellow was driven by sexual selection rather than predation. Four paper model types of the Heliconius erato petiverana Doubleday 1847 butterfly were made as described in Finkbeiner et al. (2012) with their colors modified as follows: with (Y+) and without (Y−) 3-OHK yellow, and with (UV...

... similar to how peahens direct their attention toward potential mating partners. Attention Communication Pavo cristatus Sexual selection Vision Sexual selection operates through both female mate choice (intersexual selection) and male–male competition (intrasexual selection; Darwin...

... male and female traits can generally also be explained by other sexual selection processes (e.g. female choice, Fisherian run-away and good-genes/sexy sons) that are not necessarily mutually exclusive ( Andrés and Arnqvist, 2001 ; Arnqvist and Rowe, 2005 ; Rowe and Day, 2006 ; Rowe et al., 2003...

... preferentially allocated more C to the development of a sexually selected trait (the posterior gnathopod), compared with a serially homologous trait (the fifth pereopod) not under sexual selection. Substantial differences in how the sexes use fundamental resources, and the impact of altered nutrient supply...

..., The Iliad (translation, introduction and notes by B. B. Powell), p. 596 . New York : Oxford University Press . Puts , D. A. ( 2010 ). Beauty and the beast: mechanisms of sexual selection in humans . Evol. Hum. Behav.   31 , 157 - 175 . 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.02.005 Puts , D...

...Graham N. Askew One of the classic examples of an exaggerated sexually selected trait is the elaborate plumage that forms the train in male peafowl Pavo cristatus (peacock). Such ornaments are thought to reduce locomotor performance as a result of their weight and aerodynamic drag, but this cost...