Carry‐over effects occur when processes in one season influence the success of an
individual in the following season. This phenomenon has the potential to explain a large …

Following Darwin's original insights regarding sexual selection, studies of intrasexual
competition have mainly focused on male competition for mates; by contrast, female …

In spite of recent interest in sexual selection in females, debate exists over whether traits that
influence female–female competition are sexually selected. This review uses female–female …

Dominance captures behavioural patterns found in social hierarchies that arise from
agonistic interactions in which some individuals coercively exploit their control over costs …

Dominance hierarchies are widespread in animal social groups and often have
measureable effects on individual health and reproductive success. Dominance ranks are …

Humans follow the example of prestigious, high-status individuals much more readily than
that of others, such as when we copy the behavior of village elders, community leaders, or …

A large body of theoretical and empirical research suggests that kinship influences the
development and maintenance of social bonds among group‐living female mammals, and …

In chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, females transfer from their natal group shortly after sexual
maturity to permanently join another group. A conflict of interest exists between female and …

Reproductive inequality, or reproductive skew, drives natural selection, but has been difficult
to assess, particularly for males in species with promiscuous mating and slow life histories …

Social hierarchies emerge when animals compete for access to resources such as food,
mates or physical space. Wild and laboratory male mice have been shown to develop linear …