Dominance rank, female choice, and reproductive success in semi‐free ranging adult male Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)
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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23294
Abstract: The assumed evolutionary advantage of dominance is increased reproductive success. However, the efficacy of dominance as a mating strategy may be interrupted by any number of variables including female choice, estrous synchrony, and mating by… read more here.
Keywords: female choice; success; reproductive success; dominance ... See more keywords
Male spacing and female choice in a fiddler crab
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arz147
Abstract: The aggregation of courting males is widespread among animal taxa, yet we do not understand why males congregate and therefore intensify local competition for female attention. The most commonly invoked theoretical explanation is that females… read more here.
Keywords: choice fiddler; female choice; spacing female; male spacing ... See more keywords
Hybridization despite elaborate courtship behavior and female choice in Neotropical tree frogs.
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DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12628
Abstract: The mechanisms of hybridization can be elucidated by analyzing genotypes and phenotypes that could act as premating barriers, as the reproductive interactions among heterospecifics can alter the evolutionary history of species. In frogs, hybrids typically… read more here.
Keywords: female choice; courtship; elaborate courtship; hybridization ... See more keywords
Opportunities for female choice in the bed bug Cimex lectularius
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DOI: 10.1111/eth.12832
Abstract: Bed bugs are cited as exemplars of sexual conflict because mating can only occur via traumatic insemination. However, past antagonistic coevolution between the sexes does not necessarily preclude current female choice. Here, we investigate opportunities… read more here.
Keywords: choice bed; female choice; feeding status; choice ... See more keywords
Within-individual variation in signal production limits female choice in noisy treefrog choruses
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5036182
Abstract: In acoustically communicating animals such as anurans and orthopterans, individual signalers can display remarkable variation in signal traits, even within a single bout of calling. This within-individual variation has the potential to “mask” the between-individual… read more here.
Keywords: variation; individual variation; female choice; variation signal ... See more keywords
Sexual Selection and Female Choice in Austen’s Northanger Abbey
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DOI: 10.1353/sdn.2018.0038
Abstract: Abstract:Catherine Morland, the protagonist of Northanger Abbey, is often regarded as Austen’s least appealing heroine, considered not just naïve but unintelligent. An examination of Catherine’s behavior through the lens of evolutionary theory, however, reveals her… read more here.
Keywords: female choice; choice austen; sexual selection; northanger abbey ... See more keywords