Food preference, growth and development of three aphidophagous ladybirds preying on conspecific and heterospecific eggs
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DOI: 10.1007/s42690-021-00579-4
Abstract: Larvae of aphidophagous ladybirds attack vulnerable stages, such as eggs of conspecific and heterospecific species during prey scarcity, especially when the aphid colony is declining. We investigated food-preference of all four larval instars of ladybirds,… read more here.
Keywords: growth; heterospecific eggs; heterospecific; conspecific heterospecific ... See more keywords
The Direction of response selectivity between conspecific and heterospecific auditory stimuli varies with response metric
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113534
Abstract: Species recognition is an essential behavioral outcome of social discrimination, flocking, mobbing, mating, and/or parental care. In songbirds, auditory species recognition cues are processed through specialized forebrain circuits dedicated to acoustic discrimination. Here we addressed… read more here.
Keywords: response selectivity; direction; response; auditory stimuli ... See more keywords
Female preferences for conspecific and heterospecific wave patterns in a fiddler crab
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.09.018
Abstract: Abstract A female preference for a conspecific over a heterospecific mating signal is seldom questioned. The ability of females to differentiate between conspecifics and heterospecifics, however, requires testing because we know, from the handful of… read more here.
Keywords: heterospecific wave; fiddler crab; preferences conspecific; wave patterns ... See more keywords
Evidence for stronger discrimination between conspecific and heterospecific mating partners in sexual vs. asexual female freshwater snails
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14470
Abstract: Once-useful traits that no longer contribute to fitness tend to decay over time. Here, we address whether the expression of mating-related traits that increase the fitness of sexually reproducing individuals but are likely less useful… read more here.
Keywords: freshwater; mating partners; sexual asexual; heterospecific mating ... See more keywords