Effect of Density and Extra Dung on Brood Parasitism in the Dung Beetle, Onthophagus Taurus

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Crowe ◽  
Erin Raspet ◽  
Jan Rychtar ◽  
Sat Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Brood Parasitism ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Onthophagus Taurus

scholarly journals Game theoretic model of brood parasitism in a dung beetle Onthophagus taurus

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Crowe ◽  
M. Fitzgerald ◽  
D. L. Remington ◽  
G. D. Ruxton ◽  
J. Rychtář
Keyword(s):  
Brood Parasitism ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Theoretic Model ◽  
Onthophagus Taurus ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
Game Theoretic Model

scholarly journals Evolution and plasticity of morph‐specific integration in the bull‐headed dung beetle Onthophagus taurus

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 10558-10570
Author(s):  
Patrick T. Rohner ◽  
Anna L. M. Macagno ◽  
Armin P. Moczek
Keyword(s):  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Onthophagus Taurus

Notch signaling patterns head horn shape in the bull-headed dung beetle Onthophagus taurus

2020 ◽  
Vol 230 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan R. Crabtree ◽  
Anna L. M. Macagno ◽  
Armin P. Moczek ◽  
Patrick T. Rohner ◽  
Yonggang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Notch Signaling ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Onthophagus Taurus

scholarly journals Male morph predicts investment in larval immune function in the dung beetle, Onthophagus taurus

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheena C. Cotter ◽  
Maxine Beveridge ◽  
Leigh W. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Immune Function ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Onthophagus Taurus

scholarly journals Offspring viability benefits but no apparent costs of mating with high quality males

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh W. Simmons ◽  
Rebecca Holley
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Sexual Conflict ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Male Courtship ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Female Resistance ◽  
Genetic Quality ◽  
Onthophagus Taurus ◽  
Courtship Signals

Traditional models of sexual selection posit that male courtship signals evolve as indicators of underlying male genetic quality. An alternative hypothesis is that sexual conflict over mating generates antagonistic coevolution between male courtship persistence and female resistance. In the scarabaeine dung beetle Onthophagus taurus , females are more likely to mate with males that have high courtship rates. Here, we examine the effects of exposing females to males with either high or low courtship rates on female lifetime productivity and offspring viability. Females exposed to males with high courtship rates mated more often and produced offspring with greater egg–adult viability. Female productivity and lifespan were unaffected by exposure to males with high courtship rates. The data are consistent with models of sexual selection based on indirect genetic benefits, and provide little evidence for sexual conflict in this system.

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