How fast should animals move when trying to survive? Although many studies have
examined how fast animals can move, the fastest speed is not always best. For example, an …

One of the more intuitive viability costs that can result from the possession of exaggerated
sexually selected traits is increased predation pressure as a result of reduced locomotor …

For many animals, the juvenile stage of life can be particularly perilous. Once independent,
immature animals must often complete the same basic survival functions as adults despite …

Background: Among the predictions of the effect of future climate change, the impact of
thermal conditions at local levels on the performance of individuals and their acclimation …

There is a growing appreciation that male fighting ability is influenced by multiple traits. In
particular, studies of male combat have identified a variety of performance capacities that …

Animals rely on their ability to perform certain tasks sufficiently well to survive, secure mates
and reproduce. Performance traits depend on morphology, and so morphological traits …

Trade‐offs in performance expression occur because animals must perform multiple whole‐
organism performance tasks that place conflicting demands on shared underlying …

The size of sexually selected weapons and their performance in battle are both critical to
reproductive success, yet these traits are often in opposition. Bigger weapons make better …

We examined intra‐and interspecific variation in functional morphology and whole‐
organism performance in a sympatric lizard species pair, Iberolacerta horvathi and Podarcis …

Domestication selection combined with inadvertent selection for high growth rate and large
body size are common in hatchery salmonids. However, evolutionary trade-offs of various …