Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 591–602 Abstract The spectacular diversity in sexually selected
traits among animal taxa has inspired the hypothesis that divergent sexual selection can …

Urbanisation can affect mating opportunities and thereby alter inter‐and intra‐sexual
selection pressures on sexual traits. Biotic and abiotic urban conditions can influence an …

Traffic affects large areas of natural habitat worldwide. As a result, the acoustic signals used
by birds and other animals are increasingly masked by traffic noise. Masking of signals …

Although behavioural plasticity should be an advantage in a varying world, there is
increasing evidence for widespread stable individual differences in the behaviour of …

Across taxa, both neural growth and cognitive function show considerable developmental
plasticity. Data from studies of decision making, learning, and discrimination demonstrate …

Новая книга Александра Маркова-это увлекательный рассказ о происхождении и
устройстве человека, основанный на последних исследованиях в антропологии …

To what extent do individuals assess the cognitive abilities of the opposite sex when
choosing a mate? With the exception of song learning in birds, the hypothesis that cognitive …

The quantity and quality of social relationships, as captured by social network analysis, can
have major fitness consequences. Various studies have shown that individual differences in …

Over the last century, expanding urbanization has led to a strong increase in the levels of
background noise. This noise pollution has been shown to negatively affect wildlife (eg …

Males and females commonly differ in their life history optima and, consequently, in the
optimal expression of life history, behavioral and physiological traits involved in pace-of-life …