This week saw the publication of Alice Davies' masters project in Behavioral Ecology, in collaboration with me and Zen Lewis. In the paper we use meta-analysis to examine factors affecting the strength of mate-choice copying in animals. We found some evidence for taxonomic differences in copying strength, with mammals showing the strongest copying and invertebrates (primarily insects) showing the weakest copying. However, experimental design was amuch more important determinant of copying strength. Additionally, the strength of copying was not influenced by the sex of the copier, despite theory predicting otherwise. See the paper online and open-access here. Our analysis also overlaps with the recent meta-analysis by Jones & DuVal in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. So do check out that paper as well!
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