Search filters

List of works by Megan L Head

An experimental test for body size-dependent effects of male harassment and an elevated copulation rate on female lifetime fecundity and offspring performance

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Are females in good condition better able to cope with costly males?

scientific article published in 2018

Are sexually selected traits affected by a poor environment early in life?

scientific article

Behavioral plasticity and G × E of reproductive tactics in Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetles

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Burying beetles

scientific article

Combined effects of rearing and testing temperatures on sperm traits

scientific article published on 18 October 2020

Condition-dependent trade-offs between sexual traits, body condition and immunity: the effect of novel habitats

scientific article

Correlated evolution in parental care in females but not males in response to selection on paternity assurance behaviour

scientific article

Does developmental environment affect sexual conflict? An experimental test in the seed beetle

scientific article published on 01 October 2021

Does the winner-loser effect determine male mating success?

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Effects of age and experience on contest behavior in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

scientific article

Environmental change mediates mate choice for an extended phenotype, but not for mate quality

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Evidence for inbreeding depression in a species with limited opportunity for maternal effects

scientific article

Evidence of Experimental Bias in the Life Sciences: Why We Need Blind Data Recording

scientific article

Evidence that nonsignificant results are sometimes preferred: Reverse P-hacking or selective reporting?

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Experimental evidence for sexual selection against inbred males

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Female mate preferences for male body size and shape promote sexual isolation in threespine sticklebacks.

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

Fitness consequences of artificial selection on relative male genital size

scientific article

Flexible mate choice when mates are rare and time is short.

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Genetic association between male attractiveness and female differential allocation

scientific article

Good parenting may not increase reproductive success under environmental extremes

scientific article published on 19 August 2018

Inbreeding depression does not increase after exposure to a stressful environment: a test using compensatory growth

scientific article

Increased temperature disrupts chemical communication in some species but not others: The importance of local adaptation and distribution.

scientific article

Male age mediates reproductive investment and response to paternity assurance

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Males can evolve lower resistance to sexually transmitted infections to infect their mates and thereby increase their own fitness

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Maternal effects on offspring size and number in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki

scientific article

Maternal-by-environment but not genotype-by-environment interactions in a fish without parental care

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

No link between nymph and adult coloration in shield bugs: weak selection by predators

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Operational sex ratio and density do not affect directional selection on male sexual ornaments and behavior.

scientific article published on 6 December 2007

Paternal care: direct and indirect genetic effects of fathers on offspring performance

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Predicting range-shift success potential for tropical marine fishes using external morphology ⬇️

scientific article

Predictors of male insemination success in the mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki).

scientific article

Selection on an antagonistic behavioral trait can drive rapid genital coevolution in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

scientific article published on 04 May 2016

Sex in the city: sexual selection and urban colonization in passerines

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Sex- and trait-specific silver-spoon effects of developmental environments, on ageing

scientific article published on 11 April 2021

Sexual display and mate choice in an energetically costly environment.

scientific article

Sexual imprinting on ecologically divergent traits leads to sexual isolation in sticklebacks.

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Sexual selection on male body size, genital length and heterozygosity: Consistency across habitats and social settings.

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Shifts in Reproductive Investment in Response to Competitors Lower Male Reproductive Success

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Stress in the city: meta-analysis indicates no overall evidence for stress in urban vertebrates

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

The effects of competition on fitness depend on the sex of both competitors

scientific article published on 12 September 2020

The extent and consequences of p-hacking in science

scientific article

The indirect benefits of mating with attractive males outweigh the direct costs

scientific article

Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle

scientific article

What happens to offspring when parents are inbred, old or had a poor start in life? Evidence for sex-specific parental effects

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

Why does inbreeding reduce male paternity? Effects on sexually selected traits

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Paulina is supported by:

About Paulina

Help