In 1948, Angus Bateman published a paper on fruit flies that tested Charles Darwin's ideas
of sexual selection. Based on this one fruit fly study, Bateman concluded that because males …

Mate choice is generally regarded as an independent event, but a growing body of evidence
indicates that it can be influenced by social information provided by conspecifics. This is …

Most theoretical research in sexual selection has focused on indirect selection. However,
empirical studies have not strongly supported indirect selection. A well-established finding is …

Female and male mate choices can reinforce reproductive isolation after sympatric
speciation. Using a binary choice design, we examine the importance of visual cues in …

Male reproductive biology can by characterized through competition over mates as well as
mate choice. Multiple mating and male mate choice copying, especially in internally …

摘要动物借助于通讯信号传递信息, 信息发送者, 接收者和旁观者共同组成动物通讯的信息网络
环境. 旁观者能够“窃取” 并利用未直接发送给它们的信号, 其存在影响信息发送者和接收者的 …

Animals observing conspecifics during mate choice can gain additional information about
potential mates. However, the presence of an observer, if detected by the observed …

Mate choice among males is relatively understudied, despite recent evidence supporting its
ubiquity. Theory predicts male mate choice in response to variation in female quality, and …

Classical sexual selection theory predicts that males should mate eagerly, yet blue monkey
males often reject females' sexual invitations. We evaluated how males' responses to female …

For males, the behaviour of rival conspecifics can provide vital information about finding
reproductively available females, and which have high-quality phenotypes. While valuable …