scholarly journals Male Mating History and Body Size Influence Female Fecundity and Longevity of the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle E. H. Helinski ◽  
Laura C. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Dengue Vector ◽  
Female Fecundity ◽  
Mating History

scholarly journals Heritability and adaptive phenotypic plasticity of adult body size in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for dengue vector competence

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Schneider ◽  
Dave D. Chadee ◽  
Akio Mori ◽  
Jeanne Romero-Severson ◽  
David W. Severson
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Vector Competence ◽  
Dengue Vector ◽  
Adult Body Size ◽  
Adult Body ◽  
Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity

Male mating history and female fecundity in the Lepidoptera: do male virgins make better partners?

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis M. Torres-Vila ◽  
Michael D. Jennions
Keyword(s):  
Male Mating ◽  
Female Fecundity ◽  
Mating History

Factors Associated with Male Mating Success of the Dengue Vector Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alongkot Ponlawat ◽  
Laura C. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Dengue Vector ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Vector Mosquito

Statistical Models and Approaches to Inference

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerrie Mengersen ◽  
Christopher H. Schmid ◽  
Michael D. Jennions ◽  
Jessica Gurevitch
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Model ◽  
Statistical Models ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
General Structure ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Female Fecundity ◽  
Mating History ◽  
Statistical Approaches ◽  
Meta Analyses

This chapter provides an introduction and overview of the three statistical components of the meta-analysis: (1) the statistical model that describes how the study-specific estimates of interest will be combined; (2) the key statistical approaches for meta-analysis; and (3) the corresponding estimates, inferences, and decisions that arise from a meta-analysis. First, it describes common statistical models used in ecological meta-analyses and the relationships between these models, showing how they are all variations of the same general structure. It then discusses the three main approaches to analysis and inference, again with the aim of providing a general understanding of these methods. Finally, it briefly considers a number of statistical considerations which arise in meta-analysis. In order to illustrate the concepts described, the chapter considers the Lepidoptera mating example described in Appendix 8.1. This is a meta-analysis of 25 studies of the association between male mating history and female fecundity in Lepidoptera.

Sexual Selection in Dung Beetles .2. Female Fecundity as an Estimate of Male Reproductive Success in Relation to Horn Size, and Alternative Behavioral Strategies in Onthophagus-Binodis Thunberg (Scarabaeidae, Onthophagini)

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Cook
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Mate Guarding ◽  
Mating Strategies ◽  
Male Reproductive Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Alternative Tactics ◽  
Female Fecundity ◽  
Similar Body

One component of the reproductive success (fitness) of Onthophagus binodis Thunberg males was estimated by the number of offspring their mate produced relative to male horn and body size. O. binodis males consist of large horned and small hornless morphs. Female fecundity was significantly increased when reproducing with: (1) large horned males compared with small hornless males; (2) the horned morph compared with the hornless morph of males with similar body size. Horned males cooperating with females invest a considerable effort in providing each egg with dung. Hornless males do not appear to assist females after mating. Alternative male mating strategies are predicted under intense intrasexual competition. As hornless O. binodis males persist in large numbers alongside cooperative, mate guarding horned males, selection should favour alternative tactics by hornless males to gain reproductive opportunities.

Age and Body Size Influence Male Sperm Capacity of the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 422-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alongkot Ponlawat ◽  
Laura C. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Dengue Vector ◽  
Male Sperm

Effects of body size of both sexes and female mating history on male mating behaviour and paternity success in a spider

2008 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Schäfer ◽  
Bernhard Misof ◽  
Gabriele Uhl
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Mating Behaviour ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Female Mating ◽  
Mating History ◽  
Paternity Success

scholarly journals Sexual activity diminishes male virility in twoCoccinellaspecies: consequences for female fertility and progeny development

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 570-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Michaud ◽  
Mahadev Bista ◽  
Geetanjali Mishra ◽  
Omkar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Seminal Fluid ◽  
Mating Behaviour ◽  
Coccinella Septempunctata ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Paternal Effects ◽  
Female Fecundity ◽  
Mating Activity ◽  
Seminal Fluid Proteins ◽  
Mating History

AbstractMale contributions, both chemical and behavioural, can influence female sperm usage and reproductive success. To determine whether such male factors are subject to depletion inCoccinella septempunctataandCoccinella transversalis, we tested the effects of male mating history on male virility, as estimated by measures of mating behaviour, female reproductive success and progeny fitness, with parental age held constant. Overt measures of male mating effort (wriggling duration, number of shaking bouts and total copula duration) all diminished from virgin to 5 × mated males and were mirrored by concurrent declines in female fecundity and fertility (measured over 20 days). Paternal effects were also observed which diminished as a function of mating history, suggesting that transgenerational signals of male origin are also subject to depletion. Progeny of virgin fathers had higher rates of survival (C. transversalis) and faster development (both species) than progeny of 5 × mated fathers. Seminal fluid proteins are known to have allohormonal properties and can stimulate female fecundity and fertility in a number of insects, making them strong candidates for depletion as a function of mating activity. However, it is also possible that sperm limitation and/or reduced tactile stimulation of females by multiple-mated males may have contributed to some of the observed effects.

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