Changes in Body Melanisation and Not Body Size Affect Mating Success in Drosophila immigrans

2015 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Shama Singh
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Mating Success

Body size and lifetime mating success of male midges (Diptera: Chironomidae)

1990 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 648-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Neems ◽  
A.J. McLachlan ◽  
R. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Mating Success

Sexual size dimorphism in the American rubyspot: male body size predicts male competition and mating success

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 987-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Serrano-Meneses ◽  
A. Córdoba-Aguilar ◽  
V. Méndez ◽  
S.J. Layen ◽  
T. Székely
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Sexual Size Dimorphism ◽  
Male Competition ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Size Dimorphism ◽  
Male Body Size

scholarly journals Sexual dimorphism, body size, bite force and male mating success in tuatara

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHONY HERREL ◽  
JENNIFER A. MOORE ◽  
EVAN M. BREDEWEG ◽  
NICOLA J. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Bite Force ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success

Fluctuating asymmetry, mating success, body size and heterozygosity in Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianmaria Carchini ◽  
Flavia Chiarotti ◽  
Marco di Domenico ◽  
Marco Mattoccia ◽  
Giacomo Paganotti
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Fluctuating Asymmetry ◽  
Mating Success

Role of nutritional reserves and body size in Anopheles gambiae males mating success

Acta Tropica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. S102-S107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidou Maïga ◽  
Abdoulaye Niang ◽  
Simon P. Sawadogo ◽  
Roch K. Dabiré ◽  
Rosemary Susan Lees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Mating Success

The Significance of Persistent Vocalisation By the Spring Peeper, Pseudacris Crucifer (Anura: Hylidae)

Behaviour ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 108 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 197-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
David V. Lykens ◽  
Don C. Forester ◽  
W. Keith Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Random Mating ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Size Class ◽  
Reproductive Season ◽  
Mating Activity ◽  
Good Physical Condition ◽  
Pseudacris Crucifer

Abstract1. Male spring peepers exhibit individual variation in calling persistence within as well as between nights. 2. Weather conditions influence nightly variation in calling persistence throughout the reproductive season, but there is a pronounced decrease in calling persistence late in the season which appears to be independent of climate. 3. In four speaker experiments simulating males calling 20, 40, 60, and 80% of the time, there is a positive correlation between time spent calling and mating success. 4. On nights when there is significant variation in calling persistence, females likely respond to those males which are most persistent (i.e. , produce the most conspicuous calls). 5. In four speaker experiments simulating males calling 80, 85, 90 and 95% of the time, mating success is random, suggesting that during periods of peak mating activity the importance of female choice is diminished. 6. Calling persistence is not correlated with body size, therefore males of any age or size class have an opportunity to experience mating success. 7. Anuran vocalization is known to be energetically expensive, and persistent callers (regardless of their size) are likely in good physical condition. 8. We suggest that by responding (either actively or passively) to the most conspicuous calls, females convey to their offspring an advantage above and beyond that accrued by random mating.

scholarly journals Male mating success in a North American pitviper: influence of body size, testosterone, and spatial metrics

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Smith ◽  
Gordon W. Schuett ◽  
Melissa Amarello
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
North American ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Spatial Metrics
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