funding provided by NSF-DEB:2105033 and NSF-IOS:2019799;Michael A.D.Goodisman and USDA:2023-67012-39886 to Sarah E.Orr.
Females of many species are polyandrous.However,polyandry can give rise to conflict among individuals within families.We examined the level of polyandry and paternity skew in the common eastern yellowjacket wasp,Vespu...
We thank the following organizations for their financial support:the Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science(QCBS)and the Northern Scientific Training Program(NSTP)to K.Coombs,the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC;grant number 303807)to R.Weladji,and NORDFORSK(project number 76915)to O.Holand and K.Rod.
In polygynous systems,such as that exhibited by reindeer Rangifer tarandus,mate choice can be difficult to disentangle from male intrasexual competition because male behavior may constrain female choice.Multiple matin...
The authors thank Dr.Simon Baxter from the University of Melbourne(previously University of Adelaide)for facilitating the use of yellowr line Qfly colony.This research was conducted as part of the SITplus collaborative fruit fly program.Projeet Raising Q-ly Sterile Inseet Tech-nique to World Standard(HG14033)is funded by the Hort Frontiers Fruit Fly Fund,part of the Hort Frontiers strategic partnership initiative developed by Hort Innovation,with co-investment from Macquarie University and contributions from the Australian Government.JS was supported by a Macquarie University iRTP Scholarship.
Multiple mating by females,polyandry,is common in insects,including in tephritid fruit flies.Female insects that remate commonly store sperm of multiple males.How the sperm of different males contribute to paternity i...
This research was funded by Coordenac¸~ao de Aperfeic¸oamento de Pessoal de Nı´vel Superior-CAPES/Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecua´ria-EMBRAPA(15/2014);who provided grants to J.C.V.,and by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı´fico e Tecnologico-CNPq(400435/2014-4)through the PVE 2014 Project.
Males can control female reproduction using genital plugs to impede access by rivals.In social bees,ants,and wasps,plugging may involve traumatic mating,with females being harmed.In stingless bees,chances are that plu...
This experiments where funded with PICT 2015 N°0191 awarded to SA.
Seminal gifts range from important material donations to items that provide little direct benefit to females.Promiscuous,female silk corn flies Euxesta eluta expel and consume male ejaculates immediately after mating....
Ecological variation in resources can in flue nee the distributi on and en counter rates of potential mates and competitors and, con sequently, the opport unity for sexual selection. Factors that influence the likelih...
The propensity of females to cross with more than one male is a relevant aspect in tephritid fruit fly biology since many species are pests of fruticulture.The knowledge about mating systems of a target pest-species i...
The third section of the book is the shortest of the three sections. While the other two are each over 100 pages long and feature an appendix, section three is only 40 pages long and has no appendix.
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31470442)
Group spawning, polyandry reproductive behaviors, and multiple paternity are increasingly reported in anuran species. The Omei treefrog (Rhacophorus omeimontis), endemic to subtropical and mountainous forests of cen...