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Egg size evolution and paternal care in pipefishes.
(2010-08-30)
In this thesis I explore how sexual selection, sexual conflicts, coevolution with parental care and an environmental selective agent (hypoxia) affect the evolution of different egg characteristics and embryo survival and ...
Phylogeny and Signal Diversity in Widowbirds and Bishops (Euplectes spp.)
(2010-02-19)
Although sexual selection for elaborate signals is well documented in numerous species, the extreme diversity in signal design and expression in many taxa is largely unexplained. This thesis explores phylogenetic, mechanistic ...