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

The genetical theory of natural selection

1930 • 17,330 citations

The descent of man and selection in relation to sex

1907 • 11,265 citations

Parental Investment and Sexual Selection

2017 • 9,626 citations

Mate selection—A selection for a handicap

1975 • 5,212 citations

Heritable True Fitness and Bright Birds: A Role for Parasites?

1982 • 3,696 citations

The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex

1871 • 3,296 citations

Sexual selection and the descent of man. 1871–1971

1975 • 2,507 citations

Models of speciation by sexual selection on polygenic traits

1981 • 2,233 citations

The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek

1991 • 1,327 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF FEMALE CHOICE

1982 • 1,066 citations

Truth in Advertising: The Kinds of Traits Favored by Sexual Selection

1984 • 770 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES II. THE “HANDICAP” PRINCIPLE

1991 • 700 citations

Cryptic Female Choice and Its Implications in the Scorpionfly Harpobittacus nigriceps

1983 • 662 citations

Sexual Selection for Aesthetic Traits in Species with Biparental Care

1986 • 658 citations

Female choice selects for male sexual tail ornaments in the monogamous swallow

1988 • 638 citations

Sexual selection unhandicapped by the fisher process

1990 • 591 citations

EVOLUTION OF CONDITION-DEPENDENT SEX ORNAMENTS AND MATING PREFERENCES: SEXUAL SELECTION BASED ON VIABILITY DIFFERENCES

1986 • 575 citations

The Differential-Allocation Hypothesis: An Experimental Test

1988 • 541 citations

Sexual selection, natural selection and quality advertisement

1982 • 501 citations

Offspring Quality and the Polygyny Threshold: "The Sexy Son Hypothesis"

1979 • 488 citations

Female swallow preference for symmetrical male sexual ornaments

1992 • 452 citations

The good parent process of sexual selection

1989 • 399 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES I. FISHER AND BIASED MUTATION

1991 • 382 citations

Mate choice increases a component of offspring fitness in fruit flies

1980 • 217 citations

Viability costs of male tail ornaments in a swallow

1989 • 216 citations

THE DARWIN‐FISHER THEORY OF SEXUAL SELECTION IN MONOGAMOUS BIRDS

1990 • 198 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION BY THE HANDICAP MECHANISM

1989 • 165 citations

Paternity and paternal care in the swallow, Hirundo rustica

1988 • 141 citations

Male tail length and female mate choice in the monogamous swallow Hirundo rustica

1990 • 125 citations

Central place foraging by swallows (Hirundinidae): The question of load size

1982 • 112 citations

Analysis of Biological Data When there are Ordered Expectations

1990 • 91 citations

Alternative Female Choice Tactics in the ScorpionflyHylobittacus apicalis(Mecoptera) and Their Implications

1984 • 82 citations

Sexual selection and the tail ornaments of North American barn swallows

1991 • 66 citations

Sexual selection in the monogamous barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). II. Mechanisms of sexual selection

1992 • 58 citations

The Darwin-Fisher Theory of Sexual Selection in Monogamous Birds

1990 • 56 citations

Reproductive Activity of Force-Paired Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

1989 • 38 citations