Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

P.W. Bateman; P.A. Fleming

doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0083-y

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Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

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Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

P.W. Bateman and P.A. Fleming

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol.59(4), pp.577-581

2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-005-0083-y

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Abstract

Mate choice experiments have generally focused on female choice; few have considered that males can also be selective. We examined courtship in male field crickets sequentially introduced to four females of differing size. Large (L) and small (S) females were introduced in order of either LSLS or SLSL. We demonstrate that naive males invest equally (courtship effort) in the first female they meet, regardless of her size, but show greater courtship effort when they subsequently encounter large compared with small females. Moreover, we demonstrate that males show this discriminatory behavior when they are permitted to mate with females (i.e. use a spermatophore) but are less choosy when the female is removed before spermatophore transfer.

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Title: Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)
Authors/Creators: P.W. Bateman (Author/Creator) - University of Pretoria
P.A. Fleming (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
Publication Details: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol.59(4), pp.577-581
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Identifiers: 991005540027207891
Copyright: © Springer-Verlag 2005.
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology; 3.35 Zoology & Animal Ecology; 3.35.434 Sexual Selection
Web Of Science research areas: Behavioral Sciences; Ecology; Zoology
ESI research areas: Plant & Animal Science