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Sexual selection is a form of social selection by Lyon, Bruce E., Montgomerie, Robert

“…Social selection influences the evolution of weapons, ornaments and behaviour in both males and females. Thus, social interactions in both sexual and…”
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The evolution of female ornaments and weaponry: social selection, sexual selection and ecological competition by Tobias, Joseph A., Montgomerie, Robert, Lyon, Bruce E.

“…Ornaments, weapons and aggressive behaviours may evolve in female animals by mate choice and intrasexual competition for mating opportunities—the standard…”
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Adaptive Plasticity in Female Mate Choice Dampens Sexual Selection on Male Ornaments in the Lark Bunting by Chaine, Alexis S, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Theory on the evolution of ornamental male traits by sexual selection assumes consistency in selection over time. Temporal variation in female choice could…”
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Conspecific Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Life-History Perspective by Lyon, Bruce E., Eadie, John McA

“…Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), whereby females lay eggs in the nests of other conspecifics, occurs in over 200 species of birds. As an alternative tactic…”
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Habitat occupancy of the threatened Diademed Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) is not affected by llama grazing or peatland size, but declines with peatland humidity by Pietrek, Alejandro G, Cockle, Kristina L, Izquierdo, Andrea E, Berrios, Viviana S, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Many habitat-specialist organisms occur in distinct, patchy habitat, yet do not occupy all patches, and an important question is why apparently suitable…”
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Coots use hatch order to learn to recognize and reject conspecific brood parasitic chicks by Shizuka, Daizaburo, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Avian brood parasites and their hosts provide model systems for investigating links between recognition, learning, and their fitness consequences. One major…”
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Egg recognition and counting reduce costs of avian conspecific brood parasitism by Lyon, Bruce E

“…Birds parasitized by interspecific brood parasites often adopt defences based on egg recognition but such behaviours are puzzlingly rare in species parasitized…”
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Day length, reproductive effort, and the avian latitudinal clutch size gradient by Rose, Alexandra P, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Explaining latitudinal patterns in life history traits remains a challenge for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. One such prominent pattern is the…”
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Hosts Improve the Reliability of Chick Recognition by Delaying the Hatching of Brood Parasitic Eggs by Shizuka, Daizaburo, Lyon, Bruce E.

“…The reliability of information that animals use to make decisions has fitness consequences. Accordingly, selection should favor the evolution of strategies…”
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Extreme offspring ornamentation in American coots is favored by selection within families, not benefits to conspecific brood parasites by Lyon, Bruce E., Shizuka, Daizaburo

“…Offspring ornamentation typically occurs in taxa with parental care, suggesting that selection arising from social interactions between parents and offspring…”
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Crested Auklets by Jones, Ian L, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Ian Jones and Bruce Lyon introduce the Crested Auklet, a seabird with mutual sexual selection…”
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How to learn to recognize conspecific brood parasitic offspring by Shizuka, Daizaburo, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Recognition systems evolve to reduce the risk and costs of making recognition errors. Two main sources of recognition error include perceptual error (error…”
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Natural selection: Fair weather cooperators by Zink, Andrew G., Lyon, Bruce E.

“…An impressive long-term study of Greater Ani birds reveals fluctuating selection for group size. In wet years, with abundant food, larger groups enjoy greater…”
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Mobbing for matings: dynamics, plumage correlates, and fitness impacts of conspicuous group extra-pair behaviors in the lark bunting by Lyon, Bruce E., Chaine, Alexis S.

“…The widespread occurrence of extra-pair paternity (EPP) in birds adds rich complexity to our understanding of sexual selection and mating system evolution…”
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Loss of flockmates weakens winter site fidelity in golden-crowned sparrows ( Zonotrichia atricapilla ) by Madsen, Anastasia E, Lyon, Bruce E, Chaine, Alexis S, Block, Theadora A, Shizuka, Daizaburo

“…Animal social interactions have an intrinsic spatial basis as many of these interactions occur in spatial proximity. This presents a dilemma when determining…”
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Across‐year social stability shapes network structure in wintering migrant sparrows by Shizuka, Daizaburo, Chaine, Alexis S, Anderson, Jennifer, Johnson, Oscar, Laursen, Inger Marie, Lyon, Bruce E, Westneat, David

“…Migratory birds often form flocks on their wintering grounds, but important details of social structure such as the patterns of association between individuals…”
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The socially parasitic ant Polyergus mexicanus has host‐associated genetic population structure and related neighbouring colonies by Sapp, Joseph R., Yost, Jenn, Lyon, Bruce E.

“…The genetic structure of populations can be both a cause and a consequence of ecological interactions. For parasites, genetic structure may be a consequence of…”
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Manipulating badges of status only fools strangers by Chaine, Alexis S., Shizuka, Daizaburo, Block, Theadora A., Zhang, Lynn, Lyon, Bruce E., Grether, Greg

“…Conflict is risky, but mechanisms that allow animals to assess dominance status without aggression can reduce such costs. Two different mechanisms of…”
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Environmentally driven escalation of host egg rejection decimates success of an avian brood parasite by Eadie, John M, Lyon, Bruce E

“…Abstract The black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) of South America is the only known avian obligate brood parasite with precocial offspring. In…”
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Flight or fight: flexible antipredatory strategies in porcelain crabs by Wasson, Kerstin, Lyon, Bruce E.

“…Autotomy, the voluntary shedding of limbs or other body parts in the face of predation, is a highly effective escape mechanism that has evolved independently…”
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