Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology(Italy)via Compagnia di San Paolo(Torino,Italy)(grant 879660);Erasmus KA1 mobility funds(Ethiopia_2019);the EAZA via the University of Pisa,Natural History Museum(No.Protocol 0000384/2018).
Female primates can emit vocalizations associated with mating that can function as honest signals of fertility.Here,we investigated the role of mating calls and visual signals in female geladas(Theropithecus gelada).B...
When, how often and for how long organisms mate can have strong consequences for individual fitness and are crucial aspects of evolutionary ecology. Such determinants are likely to be of even greater importance in mon...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31322046)
Ophraella communa(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), the ragweed leaf beetle, is a biological control agent of the invasive common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia(Asterales: Asteraceae). Adults can survive cold conditions t...
The evolution of many morphological structures is associated with the behavioral context of their use, particularly for structures involved in copulation. Yet, few studies have considered evolutionary relationships am...
supported financially by Grand Innovating Program of Agriculture Applying Technique in Shandong Province (No. 2008-109);Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System in Shandong Province and the Science and Technology Development Program of Yantai (No. 2013 ZH088)
Black rockfish(Sebastes schlegeli) is an important species for culture; however, its reproductive characteristics have not been fully documented. In this study, we investigated the morphology and developmental process...
This study was aimed to determine the effect of amygdaline inactivation on the sexual motivation of male rats during a T-maze task with a sexual reward. Subjects were chronically implanted with two stainless-steel can...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31030011 and 30900166);the Ministry of Education of China(MS2011DBSF023);Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department (20100148);NIH grant to Metzner Walter (dc5400)
Vocal communication plays an important role for individual recognition and male-female interaction during mating in greater horseshoe bats,especially in respect to mate fidelity,which ensures that the bats can maintai...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31070349);Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Infrastructure Program(2011FB105);the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB411603).
Black crested gibbons(Nomascus concolor)are 1 of only 3 gibbon species that have been observed in long-term polygynous groups,but their mating behavior and reproductive characters have never been reported.Based on pop...
Monitoring heart rate (HR) and ventilatory rate (VR) during defined sensory stimuli and during aggressive and submissive social interactions has provided additional information of a crayfish's physiological state whic...
This research was supported by the Key Project in the National Science and Technology Pillar Program in the Eleventh Five-year Plan Period of China (Grant No. 2008BADBOB01), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30770320). We thank B. D. Bravery and Z.-Y. Jia for English editing and helpful comments on the manuscript, and we thank S.-Y. Li, Y.-Q. Wu, B. Long, E.-B. Zhang, H. Zhang and X. Wen of Datian National Nature Reserve for their assistance when we conducted fieldwork.
Male copulatory patterns, female multiple copulation and male post-copulatory guarding were studied in Eld's deer Cervus eldi in Datian National Nature Reserve, China. Mating behavior in 18 females and 11 males from ...