Methyl-isoeugenol, a Highly Attractive Male Lure for the Cucurbit Flower Pest Zeugodacus diversus (Coquillett) (syn. Bactrocera diversa) (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 1197-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E Royer ◽  
Mahfuza Khan ◽  
David G Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Attractive Male

The Princess and the Nice Frog: Study in Person Perception

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hartnett ◽  
Donna Elder
Keyword(s):  
Person Perception ◽  
Stimulus Person ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
Favorable Light ◽  
Attractive Male

The present study investigated how individuals are perceived as a function of their association with others. An unattractive male was perceived in a more favorable light when he was paired with an attractive female than with an unattractive female. An attractive female was liked more when she was associated with an unattractive male than when she was paired with an attractive male. Results are interpreted in terms of the sex of the stimulus person and the sex of the perceiver.

Females Judged by Attractiveness of Partner

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Strane ◽  
Carol Watts
Keyword(s):  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Attractive Male ◽  
Female Subjects

30 male and 30 female students rated a female photographed with either an attractive or an unattractive male on 8 bipolar adjective scales. The female was rated more positively when paired with an attractive male than when paired with an unattractive male on 6 of the 8 adjective scales. There were no significant differences between the ratings given by male and female subjects and no significant interactions.

scholarly journals How to be an attractive male: floral dimorphism and attractiveness to pollinators in a dioecious plant

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc O Waelti ◽  
Paul A Page ◽  
Alex Widmer ◽  
Florian P Schiestl
Keyword(s):  
Dioecious Plant ◽  
Floral Dimorphism ◽  
Attractive Male

Sex of Experimenter and Effects of Pretest Interactions on Approaching a Snake by Fearful Female Subjects

1981 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Somervill ◽  
Stephen A. Mullenberg ◽  
Blair L. Benz ◽  
Marcia Chaisson
Keyword(s):  
Factorial Design ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Screening Procedure ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Male Experimenter ◽  
Modeling Condition ◽  
Female Experimenter ◽  
Attractive Male ◽  
Female Subjects

96 female students in introductory psychology were selected by a screening procedure to ensure moderate to strong fearfulness of snakes. Each subject was assigned to one of eight groups according to a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design (attractive male or female experimenter; a modeling or no-modeling condition, and a pretest condition in which subjects either remained alone in a room or conversed with the experimenter for 7 min.). The only significant finding was that subjects showed significantly greater approach with modeling than without and with a male experimenter.

scholarly journals Male phenotypic quality influences offspring sex ratio in a polygynous ungulate

2006 ◽  
Vol 274 (1610) ◽  
pp. 727-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut H Røed ◽  
Øystein Holand ◽  
Atle Mysterud ◽  
Aage Tverdal ◽  
Jouko Kumpula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Paternity Analysis ◽  
Differential Allocation ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Phenotypic Quality ◽  
Secondary Sex Ratio ◽  
Breeding Herd ◽  
Sex Ratio Adjustment ◽  
Attractive Male

Evolutionary models of sex ratio adjustment applied to mammals have ignored that females may gain indirect genetic benefits from their mates. The differential allocation hypothesis (DAH) predicts that females bias the sex ratio of their offspring towards (more costly) males when breeding with an attractive male. We manipulated the number of available males during rut in a polygynous ungulate species, the reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ), and found that a doubling of average male mass (and thus male attractiveness) in the breeding herd increased the proportion of male offspring from approximately 40 to 60%. Paternity analysis revealed indeed that males of high phenotypic quality sired more males, consistent with the DAH. This insight has consequences for proper management of large mammal populations. Our study suggests that harvesting, by generating a high proportion of young, small and unattractive mates, affects the secondary sex ratio due to differential allocation effects in females. Sustainable management needs to consider not only the direct demographic changes due to harvest mortality and selection, but also the components related to behavioural ecology and opportunities for female choice.

Social Reactions to Attempted Suicide: The Effects of Gender and Physical Attractiveness

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanna L. Vanwinkle ◽  
Lawrence G. Calhoun ◽  
Arnie Cann ◽  
Richard Tedeschi
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Suicide Attempter ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Univariate Analyses ◽  
Attractive Male

The effects of gender of subject, gender of suicide attempter, and physical attractiveness of attempter on justification, emotional adjustment, and liking were investigated in this study. One hundred forty-eight male and female undergraduates (average age = 21.93 years) read a brief case history describing an individual who attempted suicide one week ago. Two-thirds of the subjects also received a photograPh. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of six groups: attractive female attempter, unattractive female attempter, no photograph female attempter, attractive male attempter, unattractive male attempter, and no photograph male attempter. Ratings of justification, emotional adjustment, and liking were measured using 7-point Likert-type questions. The MANOVA revealed significant main effects of gender of subject and physical attractiveness. Univariate analyses of these effects showed that females rated attempters significantly more justified than males and that attractive attempters were liked significantly more than unattractive and no photograph attempters.

scholarly journals Are attractive male crickets better able to pay the costs of an immune challenge?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clint D Kelly ◽  
Melissa Telemeco ◽  
Amy L Toth ◽  
Lyric C Bartholomay
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Immune Activation ◽  
Immune Challenge ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Gryllus Texensis ◽  
Field Crickets ◽  
Sexual Display ◽  
The Face ◽  
Future Reproduction ◽  
Attractive Male

Reproduction and immunity are fitness-related traits that trade-off with each other. Parasite-mediated theories of sexual selection suggest, however, that higher-quality males should suffer smaller costs to reproduction-related traits and behaviours (e.g. sexual display) from an immune challenge because these males possess more resources with which to deal with the challenge. We used Gryllus texensis field crickets to test the prediction that attractive males should better maintain the performance of a fitness-related traits (e.g. calling effort) in the face of an immune challenge compared with unattractive males. We found no support for our original predictions. However, that immune activation causes attractive males to significantly increase their calling effort compared with unattractive males suggests that these males might terminally invest in order to compensate for decreased future reproduction.

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