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Size-dependent Mating Tactics

Size-Dependent Mating Tactics is a theoretical framework in behavioral ecology that explains how individual variation in body size hierarchically influences the adaptive expression of alternative mating behaviors within a population, such that larger and smaller individuals employ distinct reproductive strategies in response to competitive constraints and reproductive payoffs.

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Associations between body size, mating pattern, testis size and sperm lengths across butterflies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1994 · 420 citations

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Overt and covert competition in a promiscuous mammal: the importance of weaponry and testes size to male reproductive success

Brian T. Preston, Ian R. Stevenson, Josephine M. Pemberton et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 359 citations · Full text

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Sex Differences in Spatial Ability: An Evolutionary Hypothesis and Test

Randall W. FitzGerald · The American Naturalist · 1986 · 355 citations

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Lifetime mating success of male fruitflies (Drosophila melanogaster) is related to their size

Linda Partridge, Marion Farquhar · Animal Behaviour · 1983 · 316 citations · Full text

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Male size and mating success in Drosophila melanogaster and D. pseudoobscura under field conditions

Linda Partridge, Ary A. Hoffmann, Jane Jones · Animal Behaviour · 1987 · 314 citations · Full text

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    John Alcock

    Arizona State University, United States

    10 publications · 520 citations

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  2. RS
    Richard Shine

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    7 publications · 365 citations

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    Kevin M. O'neill

    Montana State University, United States

    5 publications · 165 citations

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  4. MR
    Molly R. Morris

    Ohio University, United States

    5 publications · 130 citations

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    Robert W. Elwood

    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 195 citations

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  1. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    17 h-index

    27 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    807 citations

  4. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    485 citations

  5. Instituto de Ecología

    Xalapa, Mexico

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    324 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    545 citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    308 citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

    75 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. Behavioral Ecology

    37 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    34 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. Behaviour

    32 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Ethology

    27 publications · 895 citations

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