What attributes make some individuals more likely to win a fight than others? A range of
morphological and physiological traits have been studied intensely but far less focus has …

In this review, I discuss current knowledge and outstanding questions on the
neuromodulators that influence aggressive behavior of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster …

Animal contest behaviour has been widely studied, yet major knowledge gaps remain
concerning the information-gathering and decision-making processes used during …

Theoretical models have been developed to understand how animals decide to withdraw
from a contest. They provide testable predictions regarding the relationship between …

Animals fight over resources such as mating partners, territory, food or shelter and repeated
contests lead to stable social hierarchies in different phyla. The group dynamics of hierarchy …

Highlights•Fight behaviour varies in vigour but fighting skill has yet to be analysed.•Skill
describes the precision of coordinated movement.•Victorious hermit crabs displaced their …

Highlights•Behaviour of socially isolated male crickets was compared before and after
fighting.•Winners and losers differ in their motility and exploratory behaviour after …

Abstract Theory predicts trade‐offs between pre‐and post‐copulatory sexually selected
traits. This relationship may be mediated by the degree to which males are able to …

Polymorphism has fascinated biologists for over a century because morphs persist within
populations through evolutionary time in spite of showing disparate behavioral and …

An individual's metabolic competence is important when escalating to costly behaviours in
agonistic encounters. The use of broken shells in the wild induces hermit crabs to reduce …