An important driver of the evolution of animal coloration is sexual selection operating on
traits that are used to transmit information to rivals and potential mates, which has a major …

Traditional models of sexual selection based on the handicap principle assume a direct linkage
between the degree of sexual signal exaggeration and the bearer’s quality, and set out a …

The evolution of animal colouration is importantly driven by sexual selection operating on
traits used to transmit information to rivals and potential mates, which therefore, have major …

Although females prefer to mate with conspicuously coloured males in numerous species,
mate choice experiments in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) have shown that females …

Mating with elaborately ornamented males can provide female birds with direct and/or indirect
benefits. Variation in selection pressures derived from fluctuations in the environment (…

Choosing elaborately ornamented individuals as sexual partners can provide animals with
direct and indirect benefits. As a result, birds with more elaborate and colourful displays often …

An important driver of the evolution of animal coloration is sexual selection operating on
traits that are used to transmit information to rivals and potential mates, which has a major …

… Travers Nellie Tsipoura * Andrew Tyre Jonathon Valente Johan van Rhijn Marcel van
Tuinen Blaire van Valkenburgh Wouter Vansteelant * Iker Vaquero-Alba Hernan Vazquez-Miranda …

The causes and consequences of variation in aposematic signals during immature stages
are not clearly understood. This thesis explores the effects of early environment on the …