Phylogeny, systematics, and taxonomy of sticklebacks / Michelle Y. Mattern -- The molecular genetics of evolutionary change in sticklebacks / David M. Kingsley and Catherine L. Peichel -- Speciation in sticklebacks / Janette Wenrick Boughman -- Anti-predator defences in sticklebacks : trade-offs, risk sensitivity, and behavioural syndromes / Felicity Huntingford and Susan Coyle -- Reproductive behaviour in the three-spined stickleback / Sara Ostlund-Nilsson -- The umwelt of the three-spined stickleback / Deborah A. McLennan -- Reproductive physiology of sticklebacks / Bertil Borg -- Hormonal control of reproductive behaviour in the stickleback / Ian Mayer and Miklos Pall -- Host-parasite interactions of the three-spined stickleback / Iain Barber -- The use of the stickleback as a sentinel and model species in ecotoxicology / Ioanna Katsiadaki -- The biology of other sticklebacks / Sara Ostlund-Nilsson and Ian Mayer.