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1990 • 2,442 citations

Plumage coloration is a sexually selected indicator of male quality

1991 • 829 citations

Sexual selection and the barn swallow

1995 • 735 citations

Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit

1992 • 730 citations

Correlation between male song repertoire, extra-pair paternity and offspring survival in the great reed warbler

1996 • 688 citations

The ecology and evolution of extra-pair copulations in birds

1990 • 674 citations

Sexual Selection for Aesthetic Traits in Species with Biparental Care

1986 • 658 citations

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Sexual selection unhandicapped by the fisher process

1990 • 591 citations

The Differential-Allocation Hypothesis: An Experimental Test

1988 • 541 citations

Sexual dimorphism in birds: why are there so many different forms of dimorphism?

1998 • 492 citations

MUTUAL MATE CHOICE AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN CHOOSINESS

1996 • 443 citations

Female pied flycatchers choose territory quality and not male characteristics

1986 • 421 citations

The strength of indirect selection on female mating preferences

1997 • 402 citations

The good parent process of sexual selection

1989 • 399 citations

Evolutionarily stable strategies of age-dependent sexual advertisement

1997 • 282 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF PLUMAGE BRIGHTNESS IN BIRDS IS RELATED TO EXTRAPAIR PATERNITY

1994 • 269 citations

Sexual selection when the female directly benefits

1993 • 260 citations

Good genes, old age and life-history trade-offs

1998 • 248 citations

MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF PAIRING SUCCESS, EXTRA‐PAIR COPULATIONS AND MATE QUALITY ON THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEXUAL SELECTION

1995 • 232 citations

Male parental care, differential parental investment by females and sexual selection

1998 • 223 citations

THE DARWIN‐FISHER THEORY OF SEXUAL SELECTION IN MONOGAMOUS BIRDS

1990 • 198 citations

Ornaments or offspring: costs to reproductive success restrict sexual selection processes

1995 • 197 citations

Testosterone affects reproductive success by influencing extra–pair fertilizations in male dark–eyed juncos (Aves:Junco hyemalis)

1997 • 191 citations

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT DEPENDS ON THE DEGREE OF ORNAMENTATION OF THEIR MATES

1993 • 191 citations

Plumage brightness as an indicator of parental care in northern cardinals

1998 • 190 citations

Experimentally increased badge size increases male competition and reduces male parental care in the collared flycatcher

1997 • 186 citations

Courtship as an honest indicator of male parental quality in the bicolor damselfish, Stegastes partitus

1991 • 186 citations

Female sand gobies prefer good fathers over dominant males

1997 • 180 citations

Sex and parenting: the effects of sexual conflict and parentage on parental strategies

1996 • 174 citations

Female choice in the sedge warblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusmultiple cues from song and territory quality

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1993 • 172 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION BY THE HANDICAP MECHANISM

1989 • 165 citations

The breeding colouration of male three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as an indicator of energy investment in vigour

1993 • 161 citations

Size and Plumage Dimorphism in Lek-Breeding Birds: A Comparative Analysis

1989 • 137 citations

Sexual selection and cuckoldry in a monogamous songbird: implications for sexual selection theory

1994 • 135 citations

Female song attracts males in the alpine accentorPrunella collaris

1996 • 127 citations

The function of stone carrying in the black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura

1994 • 123 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE BARN SWALLOW HIRUNDO RUSTICA. III. FEMALE TAIL ORNAMENTS

1993 • 122 citations

Female kestrels gain reproductive success by choosing brightly ornamented males

1994 • 116 citations

A phylogenetic interpretation of sexual dimorphism in body size and ornament in relation to mating system in birds

1990 • 115 citations

Mate Quality Affects Reproductive Effort in a Paternally Investing Species

1996 • 113 citations

Sexual selection and extrapair fertilization in a socially monogamous passerine, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia gullata)

1996 • 112 citations

Female choice and the evolution of the conspicuous plumage coloration of monogamous male great tits

1990 • 103 citations

Lekking and the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in Birds: Comparative Approaches

1992 • 95 citations

Female pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca choose male characteristics in homogeneous habitats

1988 • 93 citations

Food access, brood size and filial cannibalism in the fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare

1997 • 92 citations

Ornamentation predicts reproductive success in female pipefish

1997 • 88 citations

Reproductive success and symmetry in zebra finches

1996 • 85 citations

Avian polygyny is most likely in populations with high variability in heritable male fitness

1994 • 77 citations

Male coloration as an indicator of parental quality in the yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella

1994 • 72 citations

The Evolution Of Indicator Traits For Parental Quality: The Role Of Maternal And Paternal Effects

1997 • 69 citations

Manipulations of signalling environment affect male competitive success in three-spined sticklebacks

1997 • 57 citations

Female dunnocks use vocalizations to compete for males

1997 • 57 citations

Plumage Characteristics as an Indicator of Male Parental Quality in the American Kestrel

1997 • 54 citations

Monogamy in the European Starling

1992 • 48 citations

Is the Expression of Male Traits in Female Lesser Kestrels Related to Sexual Selection?

1997 • 45 citations

Song Rate Correlates With Paternal Care and Survival in Willow Tits: Advertisement of Male Quality?

1997 • 45 citations

Beyond monogamy: territory quality influences sexual advertisement in male burying beetles

1994 • 38 citations

A general principle for the allocation of limited resources

1988 • 35 citations

Preferred males acquire mates of higher phenotypic quality

1991 • 33 citations

The Relationship Between Individual Differences in Male Song Frequency and Parental Care in Blackcaps

1993 • 33 citations

Parasite Infestation and Parental Care in the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustical a Test of the Resource‐provisioning Model of Parasite‐mediated Sexual Selection

1994 • 29 citations

Age-specific filial cannibalism in a paternal mouthbrooding fish

1997 • 25 citations

Female choice of matings to maximise parental care.

1997 • 25 citations

Is Courtship Intensity a Signal of Male Parental Care in Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)?

1987 • 23 citations

Signalling, Mating Success and Paternal Investment in Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus Aculeatus): a Theoretical Model

1995 • 22 citations

Female Mate Preference to Maximize Paternal Care: A Two-Step Game

1996 • 22 citations

Male Song Complexity and Parental Care in the European Starling

1997 • 19 citations

Breeding and Nonbreeding Season Mortality of Territorial Male Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

1987 • 13 citations

The Evolution of Plumage

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1997 • 5 citations