It is well known that sexual selection can target reproductive traits during successive pre‐
and post‐mating episodes of selection. A key focus of recent studies has been to understand …

Heatwaves are occurring at an increasing frequency and intensity under ongoing climate
change. As many reproductive traits—including mating behaviour and gamete traits—are …

Although the majority of studies on mate choice focus on female mate choice, there is
growing recognition of the role of male mate choice too. Male mate choice is tightly linked to …

Ejaculates can be costly to produce and depend on an individual's condition, defined as the
pool of resources allocated to fitness. A method for assessing condition dependence is to …

Males often strategically adjust the number of available sperm based on the social context
(ie sperm priming response), but it remains unclear how environmental and genetic factors …

Older males often perform poorly under post-copulatory sexual selection. It is unclear,
however, whether reproductive senescence is because of male age itself or the …

Behavioural plasticity is a major driver in the early stages of adaptation, but its effects in
mediating evolution remain elusive because behavioural plasticity itself can evolve. In this …

Traits associated with mating and fertilization success are expected to senesce with age, but
limited information is available on their relative rates of senescence. In polyandrous species …

When males compete, sexual selection favors reproductive traits that increase their mating
or fertilization success (pre-and postcopulatory sexual selection). It is assumed that males …

Males of many species evolved the capability of adjusting their ejaculate phenotype in
response to social cues to match the expected mating conditions. When females store sperm …