A first draft genome of holm oak ( subsp. ), the most representative species of the Mediterranean forest and the Spanish agrosylvopastoral ecosystem "".

The holm oak ( subsp. ) is the most representative species of the Mediterranean Basin and the agrosylvopastoral Spanish "" ecosystem. Being part of our life, culture, and subsistence since ancient times, it has significant environmental and economic importance.

Disentangling the causes of temporal variation in the opportunity for sexual selection.

In principle, temporal fluctuations in the potential for sexual selection can be estimated as changes in intrasexual variance in reproductive success (i.e. the opportunity for selection).

Temporal dynamics of competitive fertilization in social groups of red junglefowl () shed new light on avian sperm competition.

Studies of birds have made a fundamental contribution to elucidating sperm competition processes, experimentally demonstrating the role of individual mechanisms in competitive fertilization. However, the relative importance of these mechanisms and the way in which they interact under natural conditions remain largely unexplored. Here, we conduct a detailed behavioural study of freely mating replicate groups of red junglefowl, , to predict the probability that competing males fertilize individual eggs over the course of 10-day trials.

Dynamic phenotypic correlates of social status and mating effort in male and female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus.

Despite widespread evidence that mating and intrasexual competition are costly, relatively little is known about how these costs dynamically change male and female phenotypes. Here, we test multiple hypotheses addressing this question in replicate flocks of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus). First, we test the interrelationships between social status, comb size (a fleshy ornament) and body mass at the onset of a mating trial.