" The question of the return of birds to their homes is one of perennial interest. How faithfully
do adult birds-males and females return to their territories? How far from their birth place do …

Although intrasexual competition among males is known to be an important determinant of
male mating success in lizards, less is known about what role the mate choice component of …

THIS PROJECT grew out of our conviction that there was need for a book that would review
insect reproductive behavior and related topics from an evolutionary perspective, particularly …

Site fidelity, the tendency to return to a previously occupied location, has been observed in
numerous species belonging to at least three phyla. In this paper I develop a general model …

An important empirical test of the theoretical predictions of sexual selection theory, this book
presents a long-term field study of the monagamous barn swallow. By using information on …

Female choice is a poorly understood area of evolutionary biology. Mate choice theory and
the generally greater control of the process of reproduction by females than by males imply …

At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance belies its
extraordinary behaviour and mating patterns. In this book Nick Davies gives a full account of …

Abstract In Darwin's and Fisher's theory of sexual selection, females prefer ornamented
males; the evolution of larger ornaments is limited by increased mortality, lor example …

The magnitude of the effect of good genes as a viability benefit accruing to choosy females
remains a controversial theoretical and empirical issue. We collected all available data from …

Females of many species face a difficult sampling problem while searching for a mate. How
do they find the best male possible when the constraints of time, memory, and mobility …