Ornaments, weapons and aggressive behaviours may evolve in female animals by mate
choice and intrasexual competition for mating opportunities—the standard forms of sexual …

Live corals are the key habitat forming organisms on coral reefs, contributing to both
biological and physical structure. Understanding the importance of corals for reef fishes is …

A CHOICE Magazine Outstanding Academic Title of 2018. A novel approach to
understanding personality, based on evidence that we share more than we realize with …

Why do some animals mate with one partner rather than many? Here, I investigate factors
related to (i) spatial constraints (habitat limitation, mate availability),(ii) time constraints …

The Gobiiformes is one of the most diverse orders of the Percomorphs, with approximately
2000 species in 270 genera. They represent 5 to 10% of all teleosts, with species occurring …

Understanding why and how subordinates of many social animals remain consistently
smaller than dominants is important for determining the mechanisms underlying the …

Although competition is recognized as a core ecological process, its prevalence and
importance in coral reef fish communities have been debated. Here we compile and …

In cooperatively breeding mammals and birds, intra-sexual reproductive competition among
females may often render variance in reproductive success higher among females than …

The formation of animal societies is a major transition in evolution. It is challenging to
understand why societies are stable, given the reproductive conflicts inherent within them …

Our understanding of sexual selection has greatly improved during the last decades. The
focus is no longer solely on males, but also on how female competition and male mate …