The Effect of Abiotic Factors on the Male Mate Searching Behavior and the Mating Success of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie McClure ◽  
Jeremy N. McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Searching Behavior ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Male Mate

Male mate searching behavior in the black chafer Holotrichia loochooana loochooana (Sawada) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): response to pheromone lures of various colors and intensities

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-238
Author(s):  
Hiroe Yasui ◽  
Jun Inouchi ◽  
Sadao Wakamura ◽  
Midori Fukaya ◽  
Toshiharu Akino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Searching Behavior ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Male Mate

scholarly journals Sensory Regulation of C. elegans Male Mate-Searching Behavior

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 1865-1871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arantza Barrios ◽  
Stephen Nurrish ◽  
Scott W. Emmons
Keyword(s):  
Searching Behavior ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Sensory Regulation ◽  
Male Mate

scholarly journals PDF-1 neuropeptide signaling modulates a neural circuit for mate-searching behavior in C. elegans

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1675-1682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arantza Barrios ◽  
Rajarshi Ghosh ◽  
Chunhui Fang ◽  
Scott W Emmons ◽  
Maureen M Barr
Keyword(s):  
Neural Circuit ◽  
Searching Behavior ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
C Elegans

scholarly journals Regulation ofCaenorhabditis elegansMale Mate Searching Behavior by the Nuclear Receptor DAF-12

Genetics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 180 (4) ◽  
pp. 2111-2122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Kleemann ◽  
Lingyun Jia ◽  
Scott W. Emmons
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Receptor ◽  
Searching Behavior ◽  
Mate Searching

scholarly journals Female Dispersion Is Necessary, But Not Sufficient, For The Evolution of Monogamy in Mammals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.I.M. Dunbar
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
Selection Pressure ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Monogamous Species ◽  
Typical Day ◽  
Male Mate ◽  
Using Data

AbstractExplanations for the evolution of monogamy in mammals typically emphasise one of two possibilities: monogamy evolves when females are overdispersed (such that males cannot defend more than one female at a time) or when males provide a service to the female. However, the first claim has never been directly tested. I test it directly at three levels using data from primates and ungulates. First, I show that the females of monogamous genera do not have territories that are significantly larger, either absolutely or relatively, than those of polygamous genera. Second, using both the Mitani-Rodman and Lowen-Dunbar inequalities, I show that, given their typical day journey lengths, males of most monogamous species could easily defend an area large enough to allow them to monopolise as many as 5-10 females if these ranged solitarily. Finally, I use a model of male mate searching strategies to show that, unlike the males of socially-living polygamous species, the opportunity cost that monogamous males incur is typically more than five times the reproductive success they have by being obligately monogamous. This suggests that the selection pressure dissuading them from pursuing a roving male strategy must be very considerable.

scholarly journals Effects of human-made resource hotspots on seasonal spatial strategies by a desert pitviper

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic L. DeSantis ◽  
Amy E. Wagler ◽  
Vicente Mata-Silva ◽  
Jerry D. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Heterogeneity ◽  
Behavioral Plasticity ◽  
Optimal Strategies ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Mating Season ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Spatial Strategies ◽  
Search Patterns ◽  
Habitat Category ◽  
Male Mate

Abstract Habitat heterogeneity and local resource distribution play key roles in animal search patterns. Optimal strategies are often considered for foraging organisms, but many of the same predictions are applicable to mate searching. We quantified movement and space use by a pitviper to test whether Native Habitats (NH) and human-made Resource Hotspots (RH) facilitate alternative seasonal spatial strategies as a result of critical resources, including potential mating partners, being widely dispersed in NH and clustered in RH. Independent of habitat category, seasonal patterns resembled an intermediate mating system with elements of prolonged male mate-searching and female-defense. However, individuals using primarily NH or RH exhibited alternative strategies. NH rattlesnakes displayed greater movement and larger home ranges than RH rattlesnakes across behavioral seasons. NH males increased movement distances and home ranges during the mating season, while RH males displayed minimal or no seasonal shifts. NH females also elevated movement distances during the mating season, while RH females showed no significant seasonal differences. Despite contrasting spatial patterns, mating success and female-defense effort were not significantly affected by habitat category. This unique study system highlights the potential for interactions among sexual selection, habitat heterogeneity, and behavioral plasticity to facilitate divergent search tactics within populations.

Density affects female and male mate searching in the fiddler crab, Uca beebei

2003 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine E. deRivera ◽  
Patricia R. Backwell ◽  
John H. Christy ◽  
Sandra L. Vehrencamp
Keyword(s):  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Male Mate

The Influence of Age on Male Mate-Searching Behaviour in Thornbug Treehoppers

Ethology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 440-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. De Luca ◽  
Reginald B. Cocroft
Keyword(s):  
Mate Searching ◽  
Searching Behaviour ◽  
Male Mate

scholarly journals Mating behavior and sexual selection in a polygamous beetle

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Lu ◽  
Qiao Wang ◽  
Mingyi Tian ◽  
Jin Xu ◽  
Jian Lv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Mating Behavior ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
The Body ◽  
Bursa Copulatrix ◽  
Morphometric Traits ◽  
Ejaculate Size ◽  
Biased Sex Ratio ◽  
Primary Selection ◽  
Male Mate

Abstract Mating behavior and sexual selection in relation to morphometric traits in a polygamous beetle, Glenea cantor (F.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), were investigated. Upon encounter, a male approached a female, mounted her, grasped her terminal abdomen with his hind tarsi, and attempted to mate. Successful mating lasted about 3.5 h. Although all traits measured in females and half of traits in males were significantly correlated with mating success, the primary selection on virgin females was the genital trait, the bursa copulatrix length, and that on males was the body length and hind tarsal length. Longer bursa copulatrix accommodated a larger ejaculate, suggesting that this female trait benefits the male that first mates with the female in terms of increasing ejaculate size to beat subsequent males in sperm competition. Under a female-biased sex ratio, more than 20% of matings failed within 20s after the male genitalia had been inserted into hers, suggesting that males assess genital features of the female before insemination and undertake cryptic male mate choice. Larger males were more capable of grasping females and achieving mating. During the premating struggle the male almost always used his hind tarsi to lift the female terminal abdomen to the position for his genitalia to insert, and as a result, males with longer hind tarsi achieved higher mating success.

scholarly journals Olfactory conditioning in mate searching by the parasitoidAphidius ervi(Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Villagra ◽  
R.A. Vásquez ◽  
H.M. Niemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Stimulus Context ◽  
Olfactory Conditioning ◽  
Mate Searching ◽  
Aphid Parasitoid ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Host Fidelity ◽  
Insect Learning ◽  
Training Protocol

AbstractDespite the fact that insect learning capacity has been broadly demonstrated, the role that this process plays during mate searching has been scarcely explored. We studied whether the sexual behaviour of a male parasitic wasp can be conditioned to the odours from two alternative host plant complexes (HPCs) present during its first copulation. The experimental subjects were newly emerged males of the aphid parasitoid,Aphidius ervi, and two alternative HPCs (alfalfa or wheat). In the training protocol, copulation experience corresponded to an unconditioning stimulus and HPC odours to the conditioning stimuli. The initial (just after eclosion) and trained responses were assessed in a glass Y-olfactometer. The results showed that neither alfalfa HPC nor wheat HPC stimuli elicited sexual-related behaviours in initial male responses. Conversely, both HPCs triggered strong attraction and wing fanning courtship behaviour in trained responses when the male was exposed to a female plus HPC during training. In males trained with females plus a given HPC but tested with the alternative HPC in the olfactometer, trained response showed a similar trend to the non-associative treatments. Hence, through learning, the olfactory stimulus context present during copulation could become a predictive cue for further mate searching. These results are discussed in terms of parasitic wasp ecology and host fidelity.

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