User profiles for Tamás Székely
 | Tamás SzékelyProfessor of Biodiversity, University of Bath, UK Verified email at bath.ac.uk Cited by 17395 |
Conflict between parents over care
Conflict between parents over care of young arises when the young benefit from the effort of
both parents, but each parent suffers a reduction in future reproductive success as a …
both parents, but each parent suffers a reduction in future reproductive success as a …
[HTML][HTML] Selflessness is sexy: reported helping behaviour increases desirability of men and women as long-term sexual partners
Background Despite its short-term costs, behaviour that appears altruistic can increase an
individual’s inclusive fitness by earning direct (selfish) and/or indirect (kin-selected) benefits. …
individual’s inclusive fitness by earning direct (selfish) and/or indirect (kin-selected) benefits. …
[BOOK][B] Sex, size and gender roles: evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism
Why do males and females frequently differ so markedly in body size and morphology? Sex,
Size, and Gender Roles is the first book to investigate the genetic, developmental, and …
Size, and Gender Roles is the first book to investigate the genetic, developmental, and …
Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds
Matings between close relatives often reduce the fitness of offspring, probably because
homozygosity leads to the expression of recessive deleterious alleles 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . Studies of …
homozygosity leads to the expression of recessive deleterious alleles 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . Studies of …
[HTML][HTML] The evolution of sex roles in birds is related to adult sex ratio
Sex-role reversal represents a formidable challenge for evolutionary biologists, since it is
not clear which ecological, life-history or social factors facilitated conventional sex roles (…
not clear which ecological, life-history or social factors facilitated conventional sex roles (…
An evolutionary approach to offspring desertion in birds
Most parent birds face the decision of whether to spend time and energy caring for their
offspring or to conserve their resources to survive and breed later. Should a parent care for the …
offspring or to conserve their resources to survive and breed later. Should a parent care for the …
Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics
Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and
characterizing biodiversity 1 , 2 , 3 – 4 . Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to …
characterizing biodiversity 1 , 2 , 3 – 4 . Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to …
Mortality costs of sexual selection and parental care in natural populations of birds
Is the cost of reproduction different between males and females? On the one hand, males
typically compete intensely for mates, thus sexual selection theory predicts higher cost of …
typically compete intensely for mates, thus sexual selection theory predicts higher cost of …
Sexual size dimorphism in shorebirds, gulls, and alcids: the influence of sexual and natural selection
Abstract. Charadrii (shorebirds, gulls, and alcids) have an unusual diversity in their sexual
size dimorphism, ranging from monomorphism to either male‐biased or female‐biased …
size dimorphism, ranging from monomorphism to either male‐biased or female‐biased …
Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of size dimorphism in shorebirds
T Székely, RP Freckleton… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Sexual size dimorphism shows a remarkably widespread relationship to body size in the
animal kingdom: within lineages, it decreases with size when females are the larger sex, but it …
animal kingdom: within lineages, it decreases with size when females are the larger sex, but it …