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Heavy use of equations impedes communication among biologists by Fawcett, Tim W, Higginson, Andrew D

“…Most research in biology is empirical, yet empirical studies rely fundamentally on theoretical work for generating testable predictions and interpreting…”
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The evolution of decision rules in complex environments by Fawcett, Tim W, Fallenstein, Benja, Higginson, Andrew D, Houston, Alasdair I, Mallpress, Dave E.W, Trimmer, Pete C, McNamara, John M

“…Highlights • In natural environments, conditions are often heterogeneous and autocorrelated. • Decision rules will have evolved to exploit this statistical…”
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Conflict between Groups Promotes Later Defense of a Critical Resource in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird by Radford, Andrew N., Fawcett, Tim W.

“…Conflict between groups (intergroup conflict) is common in many social species [1–4] and is widely discussed as an evolutionary driver of within-group dynamics…”
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An Adaptive Response to Uncertainty Generates Positive and Negative Contrast Effects by McNamara, John M., Fawcett, Tim W., Houston, Alasdair I.

“…Successive contrast effects, in which behavior is dependent on whether conditions are currently better or worse than they were before, are a striking…”
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Comment on 'Are physicists afraid of mathematics?' by Higginson, Andrew D, Fawcett, Tim W

“…In 2012, we showed that the citation count for articles in ecology and evolutionary biology declines with increasing density of equations. Kollmer et al (2015…”
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Generalized Optimal Risk Allocation: Foraging and Antipredator Behavior in a Fluctuating Environment by Higginson, Andrew D., Fawcett, Tim W., Trimmer, Pete C., McNamara, John M., Houston, Alasdair I.

“…Animals live in complex environments in which predation risk and food availability change over time. To deal with this variability and maximize their survival,…”
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Adaptive and non-adaptive models of depression: A comparison using register data on antidepressant medication during divorce by Rosenström, Tom, Fawcett, Tim W, Higginson, Andrew D, Metsä-Simola, Niina, Hagen, Edward H, Houston, Alasdair I, Martikainen, Pekka

“…Divorce is associated with an increased probability of a depressive episode, but the causation of events remains unclear. Adaptive models of depression propose…”
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Sex-ratio control erodes sexual selection, revealing evolutionary feedback from adaptive plasticity by Fawcett, Tim W, Kuijper, Bram, Weissing, Franz J, Pen, Ido

“…Female choice is a powerful selective force, driving the elaboration of conspicuous male ornaments. This process of sexual selection has profound implications…”
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Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Stress Responses by Taborsky, Barbara, English, Sinead, Fawcett, Tim W., Kuijper, Bram, Leimar, Olof, McNamara, John M., Ruuskanen, Suvi, Sandi, Carmen

“…All organisms have a stress response system to cope with environmental threats, yet its precise form varies hugely within and across individuals, populations,…”
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Adaptive explanations for sensitive windows in development by Fawcett, Tim W, Frankenhuis, Willem E

“…Development in many organisms appears to show evidence of sensitive windows—periods or stages in ontogeny in which individual experience has a particularly…”
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Optimal assessment of multiple cues by Fawcett, Tim W., Johnstone, Rufus A.

“…In a wide range of contexts from mate choice to foraging, animals are required to discriminate between alternative options on the basis of multiple cues. How…”
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Sex-ratio biasing towards daughters among lower-ranking co-wives in Rwanda by Pollet, Thomas V., Fawcett, Tim W., Buunk, Abraham P., Nettle, Daniel

“…There is considerable debate as to whether human females bias the sex ratio of their offspring as a function of their own condition. We apply the…”
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The evolution of dynamic and flexible courtship displays that reveal individual quality by Hollon, Samuel H., García-Ruiz, Irene, Veen, Thor, Fawcett, Tim W.

“…Sexual selection is a major force shaping morphological and behavioral diversity. Existing theory focuses on courtship display traits such as morphological…”
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Exposing the behavioral gambit: the evolution of learning and decision rules by Fawcett, T. W., Hamblin, S., Giraldeau, L.-A.

“…Behavioral ecologists have long been comfortable assuming that genetic architecture does not constrain which phenotypescan evolve (the "phenotypic gambit")…”
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Adaptive Use of Information during Growth Can Explain Long-Term Effects of Early Life Experiences by English, Sinead, Fawcett, Tim W., Higginson, Andrew D., Trimmer, Pete C., Uller, Tobias

“…Development is a continuous process during which individuals gain information about their environment and adjust their phenotype accordingly. In many natural…”
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Hot-headed peckers: thermographic changes during aggression among juvenile pheasants ( Phasianus colchicus ) by Knoch, Sophia, Whiteside, Mark A, Madden, Joah R, Rose, Paul E, Fawcett, Tim W

“…In group-living vertebrates, dominance status often covaries with physiological measurements (e.g. glucocorticoid levels), but it is unclear how dominance is…”
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An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair by Taborsky, Barbara, Kuijper, Bram, Fawcett, Tim W., English, Sinead, Leimar, Olof, McNamara, John M., Ruuskanen, Suvi

“…Variation in stress responses has been investigated in relation to environmental factors, species ecology, life history and fitness. Moreover, mechanistic…”
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The coevolution of juvenile play–fighting and adult competition by Cenni, Camilla, Fawcett, Tim W., Wright, J.

“…Although play–fighting is widespread among juvenile mammals, its adaptive significance remains unclear. It has been proposed that play is beneficial for…”
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Guppies in large groups cooperate more frequently in an experimental test of the group size paradox by Padget, Rebecca F B, Fawcett, Tim W, Darden, Safi K

“…The volunteer's dilemma, in which a single individual is required to produce a public good, predicts that individuals in larger groups will cooperate less…”
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Covariation between personalities and individual differences in coping with stress: Converging evidence and hypotheses by Carere, Claudio, Caramaschi, Doretta, Fawcett, Tim W.

“…In the past decade there has been a profusion of studies highlighting covariation between individual differences in stress physiology and behavioural profiles,…”
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