Whether and how individuals choose sequentially among mates is an important but largely neglected aspect in sexual selection studies. Here, we explore female remating behavior in the cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides. We focus on body size as one of the most important traits involved in mate...

The adaptive value of polyandry in the absence of direct benefits is often assumed to lie in the production of more viable or more attractive offspring, mediated by additive genetic effects. Alternative models propose nonadditive effects through the selective matching of compatible genomes. If...

Female multiple mating selects for male adaptations that maximize fertilization success in a context of sperm competition. While male mating strategies usually reflect a trade-off between present and future reproduction, this trade-off is largely removed in systems where the maximum number of...

Mating strategies are to a large degree shaped by conflicts between the sexes, causing a rapid antagonistic coevolution of traits involved in reproduction. The view that sexual cannibalism represents a form of sexual conflict leads to the prediction of male traits that facilitate escape from...