Many spectacular cases of biological diversity are associated with sexual selection, and
structures under sexual selection often show positive static allometry: they are …

Courtship displays are important in governing mate choice, ubiquitous throughout the
animal kingdom and often spectacular in appearance. As such, they have received a long …

We know little about on how frequently transitions into new habitats occur, especially the
colonization of novel environments that are the most likely to instigate adaptive evolution …

Moving on land versus in water imposes dramatically different requirements on the
musculoskeletal system. Although many limbed vertebrates, such as salamanders and …

Sexually selected traits have long been thought to drive diversification, but support for this
hypothesis has been persistently controversial. In fishes, sexually dimorphic coloration is …

Animal sociality plays a crucial organisational role in evolution. As a result, understanding
the factors that promote the emergence, maintenance, and diversification of animal societies …

Courting males often perform different behavioural displays that demonstrate aspects of their
quality. Male fiddler crabs, Uca sp., are well known for their repetitive claw-waving display …

Colonisation of novel habitats are important events in evolution, but the factors that initially
prompt such ecological transitions are often unknown. The invasion of land by fish is an …

An ecological release from competition or predation is a frequent adaptive explanation for
the colonization of novel environments, but empirical data are limited. On the island of …

Visual ornaments have long been assumed to evolve hyper‐allometry as an outcome of
sexual selection. Yet growing evidence suggests many sexually selected morphologies can …