Evolutionary changes in traits that affect both ecological divergence and mating signals
could lead to reproductive isolation and the formation of new species. Insect cuticular …

We review the current status of three well–established models (direct benefits, indirect
benefits and sensory drive) and one newcomer (antagonistic chase–away) of the evolution …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Chemical signals are omnipresent in sexual communication in the vast majority of living
organisms. The traditional paradigm was that their main purpose in sexual behaviour was to …

The plethora of studies devoted to the topics of male competition and female mate choice
belie the fact that their interaction remains poorly understood. Indeed, on the question of …

Mate choice is favored by indirect selection if choosy females mate with males of high
genetic quality. We believe, however, that testing hypotheses about indirect selection has …

Two symmetric matrices underlie our understanding of microevolutionary change. The first is
the matrix of nonlinear selection gradients (γ) which describes the individual fitness surface …

Stabilizing selection has been predicted to change genetic variances and covariances so
that the orientation of the genetic variance-covariance matrix (G) becomes aligned with the …

The nature of male mating preferences, and how they differ from female mating preferences
in species with conventional sex roles, has received little attention in sexual selection …

Mating preferences are common in natural populations, and their divergence among
populations is considered an important source of reproductive isolation during speciation …