What makes a face attractive and why do we have the preferences we do? Emergence of
preferences early in development and cross-cultural agreement on attractiveness challenge …

ABSTRACT A behavioral syndrome is a suite of correlated behaviors expressed either
within a given behavioral context (eg, correlations between foraging behaviors in different …

Evolutionary Phonology is a theory of sound patterns which synthesizes results in historical
linguistics, phonetics and phonological theory. In this book, Juliette Blevins explores the …

An increasing number of studies find females to base their mate choice on several cues.
Why this occurs is debated and many different hypotheses have been proposed. Here I …

Some biologists embrace the classical view that changes in behavior inevitably initiate or
drive evolutionary changes in other traits, yet others note that behavior sometimes inhibits …

Sexual selection plays several intricate and complex roles in the related processes of local
adaptation and speciation. In some cases sexual selection can promote these processes …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

During courtship, signals are sent between the sexes, and received signals contain
information that forms the basis of decision making. Much is known about signal content, but …

The power of sexual selection to drive changes in mate recognition traits gives it the
potential to be a potent force in speciation. Much of the evidence to support this possibility …

The most commonly heard vocalizations of frogs are advertisement calls, which attract
gravid females and mediate aggressive interactions between males. Frog vocalizations are …