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Journal articles

Shuker DM; Tregenza T, 2006, 'Debating sexual selection and mating strategies', SCIENCE, 312, pp. 693 - 694, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000237312100022&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hunt JC; Jennions M; Spyrou N; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Artificial selection on male longevity influences age-dependent reproductive effort in the black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus', American Naturalist, 168, pp. E72 - E86

Bentsen CL; Hunt JC; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Complex multivariate sexual selection on male acoustic signaling in a wild population of Teleogryllus commodus', American Naturalist, 167, pp. E102 - E116

Pizzari T; Birkhead T; Blows MW; Brooks RT; Buchanan K; Clutton-Brock TH; Harvey P; Hosken D; Jennions M; Kokko H; Kotiaho J; Lessells C; Macias-Garcia C; Moore A; Parker G; Partridge L; Pitnick S; Radwan J; Ritchie M; Sheldon B; Simmons L; Snook R; Stockley P; Zuk M, 2006, 'Debating sexual selection and mating strategies', Science, 312, pp. 690 - 690

Postma E; Griffith SC; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Evolution of mate choice in the wild', Nature, 444, pp. E16 - E16

Head ML; Hunt JC; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Genetic association between male attractiveness and female differential allocation', Biology Letters, 2, pp. 341 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0474

Zajitschek S; Evans JP; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Independent effects of familiarity and mating preferences for ornamental traits on mating decisions in guppies', Behavioral Ecology, 17, pp. 911 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arl026

Head ML; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Sexual coercion and the opportunity for sexual selection in guppies', Animal Behaviour, 71, pp. 515 - 522

Bussiere LF; Hunt JC; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Sexual conflict and cryptic female choice in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus', Evolution, 60, pp. 792 - 800

Mariette M; Kelley JL; Brooks RC; Evans JP, 2006, 'The effects of inbreeding on male courtship behaviour and coloration in guppies', Ethology, 112, pp. 807 - 814

Kokko H; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Unifying and testing models of sexual selection', Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 37, pp. 43 - 66

Lindholm AK; Hunt J; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Where do all the maternal effects go ? Variation in offspring body size through ontogeny in the live-bearing fish Poecilia parae', Biology Letters, 2, pp. 5 - 5

Brooks RC; Hunt JC; Blows MW; Smith MJ; Bussiere LF; Jennions M, 2005, 'Experimental evidence for multivariate stabilizing sexual selection', Evolution, 59, pp. 871 - 880

Brooks R; Hunt J; Blows MW; Smith MJ; Bussière LF; Jennions MD, 2005, 'EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR MULTIVARIATE STABILIZING SEXUAL SELECTION', Evolution, 59, pp. 871 - 871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/04-662

Hunt JC; Brooks RC; Jennions M, 2005, 'Female mate choice as a condition-dependent life-history trait', American Naturalist, 166, pp. 79 - 92

Lindholm AK; Breden F; Alexander H; Chan W; Thakurta S; Brooks RC, 2005, 'Invasion success and genetic diversity of introduced populations of guppies Poecilia reticulata in Australia', Molecular Ecology, 14, pp. 3671 - 3682

Savage KE; Hunt JC; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2005, 'Male attractiveness covaries with fighting ability but not with priorfight outcome in house crickets', Behavioral Ecology, 16, pp. 196 - 200

BROOKS R, 2005, 'Putting sexual conflict in perspective', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20, pp. 294 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.03.012

Miller L; Brooks RC, 2005, 'The effects of genotype, age, and social environment on male ornamentation, mating behaviour, and attractiveness', Evolution, 59, pp. 2414 - 2425

Miller LK; Brooks R, 2005, 'THE EFFECTS OF GENOTYPE, AGE, AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON MALE ORNAMENTATION, MATING BEHAVIOR, AND ATTRACTIVENESS', Evolution, 59, pp. 2414 - 2414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/05-160.1

Head ML; Hunt JC; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2005, 'The indirect benefits of mating with attractive males outweigh the direct costs', PLoS Biology, 3, pp. 289 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030033

Hall M; Lindholm AK; Brooks RC, 2004, 'Direct selection on male attractiveness and female preference fails to produce a response', BioMed Central, 4, pp. 1 - 10

Lindholm AK; Brooks RC; Breden F, 2004, 'Extreme polymorphism in a Y-linked sexually selected trait', Heredity, 92, pp. 156 - 162

Hunt JC; Brooks RC; Jennions M; Smith MJ; Bentsen CL; Bussiere LF, 2004, 'High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young', Nature, 432, pp. 1024 - 1027

Jennions MD; Hunt J; Graham R; Brooks R, 2004, 'NO EVIDENCE FOR INBREEDING AVOIDANCE THROUGH POSTCOPULATORY MECHANISMS IN THE BLACK FIELD CRICKET, TELEOGRYLLUS COMMODUS', Evolution, 58, pp. 2472 - 2472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/04-261

Jennions M; Hunt JC; Graham R; Brooks RC, 2004, 'No evidence for inbreeding avoidance through postcopulatory mechanismsin the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus', Evolution, 58, pp. 2472 - 2477

Syriatowicz A; Brooks RC, 2004, 'Sexual responsiveness is condition-dependent in female guppies, but preference functions are not', BMC Ecology, April, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-4-5

Brooks RC; Bussiere LF; Jennions M; Hunt JC, 2004, 'Sinister strategies succeed at the cricket World Cup', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 271, pp. 64 - 66

Hunt JC; Brooks RC; Waite TD, 2004, 'The mother-in-law effect', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 271, pp. 61 - 63

Hunt JC; Bussiere LF; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2004, 'What is genetic quality ?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19, pp. 329 - 333

Kruetzen MC; Sherwin WB; Connor RC; Van de Casteele T; Mann J; Brooks RC, 2003, 'Contrasting relatedness in bottlenose dolphins (tursiops sp.)with different alliance strategies', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 497 - 502

Gamble SL; Lindholm AK; Endler JA; Brooks RC, 2003, 'Environmental variation and the maintenance of of polymorphism: the effect of ambient light spectrum on mating behaviour and sexual selection in guppies', Ecology Letters, 6, pp. 463 - 472

Blows MW; Brooks RC; Kraft PG, 2003, 'Exploring complex fitness surfaces: multiple ornamentation and polymorphism in male guppies', Evolution, 57, pp. 1622 - 1630

Blows MW; Brooks R; Kraft PG, 2003, 'EXPLORING COMPLEX FITNESS SURFACES: MULTIPLE ORNAMENTATION AND POLYMORPHISM IN MALE GUPPIES', Evolution, 57, pp. 1622 - 1622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/02-507

Blows MW; Brooks RC, 2003, 'Measuring Nonlinear Selection', American Naturalist, 162

McNamara J; Houston AI; dos Santos MM; Kokko H; Brooks RC, 2003, 'Quantifying male attractiveness', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 1925 - 1932

Kokko H; Brooks RC, 2003, 'Sexy to die for ? Sexual selection and the risk of extinction', Annales Zoologici Fennici, 40, pp. 207 - 219

Kokko H; Brooks RC; Jennions M; Morley J, 2003, 'The evolution of mate choice and mating biases', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 653 - 664

Fox S; Brooks RC; Lewis MJ; Johnson CN, 2002, 'Polymorphism, mate choice and sexual selection in the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 50, pp. 125 - 134

Brooks RC; Kokko H; McNamara J; Houston AI, 2002, 'The sexual selection continuum', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 269, pp. 1331 - 1340

Brooks RC, 2002, 'Variation in female mate choice within guppy populations: population divergence, multiple ornaments and the maintenance of polymorphism', Genetica, 116, pp. 343 - 358

Brooks R; Endler JA, 2001, 'Direct and indirect sexual selection and quantitative genetics of male traits in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)', Evolution, 55, pp. 1002 - 1015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00617.x

Brooks R; Endler JA, 2001, 'Female guppies agree to differ: Phenotypic and genetic variation in mate-choice behavior and the consequences for sexual selection', Evolution, 55, pp. 1644 - 1655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00684.x

Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2001, 'A sense of history', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16, pp. 113 - 115

Brooks RC; Kemp D, 2001, 'Can older males deliver the good genes ?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16, pp. 308 - 313

Brooks R; Endler JA, 2001, 'FEMALE GUPPIES AGREE TO DIFFER: PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC VARIATION IN MATE-CHOICE BEHAVIOR AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR SEXUAL SELECTION', Evolution, 55, pp. 1644 - 1644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1644:fgatdp]2.0.co;2

Brooks R, 2000, 'Negative genetic correlation between male sexual attractiveness and survival', Nature, 406, pp. 67 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35017552

Brooks R; Caithness N, 1999, 'Intersexual and intrasexual selection, sneak copulation and male ornamentation in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)', African Zoology, 34, pp. 48 - 52

Alexander GJ; Brooks R, 1999, 'Circannual rhythms of appetite and ecdysis in the elapid snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, appear to be endogenous', Copeia, pp. 146 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1447395

Brooks R, 1999, 'Mate choice copying in guppies: Females avoid the place where they saw courtship', Behaviour, 136, pp. 411 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853999501397


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