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Robert C. Brooks
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 210
Citations - 15153
Robert C. Brooks is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sexual selection & Mate choice. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 205 publications receiving 13935 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. Brooks include Australian National University & James Cook University.
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Lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila: New insights from nutritional geometry
Kwang Pum Lee,Stephen J. Simpson,Fiona J. Clissold,Robert C. Brooks,J. William O. Ballard,Phil W. Taylor,Nazaneen Soran,David Raubenheimer +7 more
TL;DR: The use of recent techniques in nutrition research to quantify the detailed relationship between diet, nutrient intake, lifespan, and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster indicates a role for both direct costs of reproduction and other deleterious consequences of ingesting high levels of protein.
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The evolution of mate choice and mating biases
TL;DR: It is argued that progress in understanding the evolution of mate choice is currently hampered by spurious distinctions among models and a misguided tendency to test the processes underlying each model as mutually exclusive alternatives.
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Unifying and Testing Models of Sexual Selection
TL;DR: This work reviews evolutionary explanations for the relationship between anisogamy, potential reproductive rates, parental care, sex roles, and mate choice, and considers other forms of selection that can make females mate nonrandomly.
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Sexual selection, sexual conflict and the evolution of ageing and life span
TL;DR: This work synthesizes ideas and evidence linking sex and ageing, and makes the case that a focus on this fascinating problem will ultimately lead to a more complete understanding of both the evolution of ageing and the Evolution of sexual strategies.
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High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young
John Hunt,Robert C. Brooks,Michael D. Jennions,Michael J. Smith,Michael J. Smith,Caroline L. Bentsen,Luc F. Bussière +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that nymphs and adult females reared on a high-protein diet lived longer than those on a low- protein diet, and adult males reared in this study died sooner than Those on low-protein diets because they invested more energy in calling during early adulthood.