The sexual ornamentation of animals typically consists of multiple distinct traits. The classical research approach focuses on differences among these
Read moreWhite plumage areas are widespread among birds, but the mechanisms generating individual differences in white feather reflectance are poorly known.
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Embryonic exposure to valproic acid (VPA) is known to produce sociability deficits, resembling human autistic phenotypes, in several vertebrate species.
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Complex motor skills take considerable time and practice to learn. Without continued practice the level of skill performance quickly degrades,
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Weather is known to affect the phenology and behaviour of birds, but weather-related changes of phenotypic traits involved in communication
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The hypothesis of pace-of-life syndromes (POLS) predicts relationships between traits including life history traits and risk-taking behaviour that can be
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Risk-taking decisions in front of a predator are crucial for the fitness of the animals. Risk-taking behaviour can be hypothesized
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Theory predicts that parents adjust the sex ratio of their brood to the sexually selected traits of their mate because
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Structural plumage colour is one of the most enigmatic sexually selected traits. The information content of structural colour variation is
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Sensory traps pose a considerable and often fatal risk for animals, leading them to misinterpret their environment. Bats predominantly rely
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