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Yao Hou, Ke Tang, Jingyuan Wang, Danxia Xie, Hanzhe Zhang
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Felipe Nalon Castro, Wallisen Tadashi Hattori, Steven J. C. Gaulin, Maria Emilia Yamamoto, Fivia de Araujo Lopes
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E. Keith Bowers
Summary: Woodman et al. investigate age-assortative mating in bird populations with different life-history strategies. They find that in long-lived mute swans, positive age-assortative mating occurs through active mate selection, while in shorter-lived great tits, it is primarily a passive byproduct of demographic processes.
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Noah T. Leith, Kasey D. Fowler-Finn, Michael P. Moore
Summary: Thermal ecology and mate competition interact and can enhance each other, facilitating organism adaptation to the environment. Future research should integrate different methods to understand the evolutionary feedback between these two aspects.
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Sarah L. Y. Lau, Gray A. Williams, Antonio Carvajal-Rodriguez, Emilio Rolan-Alvarez
Summary: Size-assortative mating and sexual selection on size are common across species, with mate choice based on size being a widespread process. In studying the size-based mate choice in intertidal snails, it was found that males prefer to mate with slightly larger females, and multiple-choice experiments are valuable in understanding how males choose mates in the wild.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lygia A. Del Matto, Renato C. Macedo-Rego, Eduardo S. A. Santos
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Jon Richardson, Marlene Zuk
Summary: Research shows that males generally prefer virgin females, even in species with sperm precedence. Although virginity cannot be selected for in terms of female reproductive success, strong preference for virgins may affect selection on other traits. However, caution is needed in assuming male preference for virgins due to unexplained heterogeneity in effect sizes.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Filipa M. D. Paciencia, Idrissa S. Chuma, Iddi F. Lipende, Sascha Knauf, Dietmar Zinner
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Koutaro Ould Maeno, Cyril Piou, Sidi Ould Ely, Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamed, Mohamed El Hacen Jaavar, Said Ghaout, Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah Ebbe
Summary: Male mating harassment can be reduced in dense populations of desert locusts through behavioral adaptations, where non-gravid females and males live separately while males wait for gravid females at lekking sites to mate. In low-density populations, solitarious locusts display balanced sex ratios and females mate regardless of ovarian state. This suggests that group separation based on sex biases behavior to minimize male mating harassment and competition.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Biology
Paulo B. Chaves, Karen B. Strier, Anthony Di Fiore
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Entomology
Xue-Yuan Di, Bin Yan, Cheng-Xu Wu, Xiao-Fei Yu, Jian-Feng Liu, Mao-Fa Yang
Summary: The study compared the life performance and mating choice of Spodoptera litura reared on different diets, showing significant effects on developmental stages, fecundity, and mate choice. Artificial diet may promote behavioral isolation, impacting mating outcomes. Host plant preference during the larval stage may shape phenotypic plasticity and behavioral isolation in S. litura populations.
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Biology
Carrie L. Branch, Joseph F. Welklin, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Lauren M. Benedict, Virginia K. Heinen, Angela M. Pitera, Eli S. Bridge, Vladimir V. Pravosudov
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Ecology
Filipe C. Serrano, Juan C. Diaz-Ricaurte, Marcio Martins
Summary: Misdirected amplexus, an unusual reproductive behavior, occurs extensively in amphibians across the globe. This comprehensive data set of 378 misdirected amplexus events for 156 amplectant species provides a baseline for understanding the spatial, temporal, and phylogenetic patterns of this behavior. It also encourages further research on the environmental and ecological drivers behind misdirected amplexus.
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Psychology, Biological
Daniel Conroy-Beam, Kathryn Walter, Krystal Duarte
Summary: This study empirically compares alternative models of the format of ideal romantic partner preferences using two samples of U.S. romantic dyads, a newly developed mate preference questionnaire, and a new computational modeling technique. The findings suggest that preferences are best understood as representing ideal trait values integrated into mate value evaluations using distance metrics.
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(2022)
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Behavioral Sciences
Peyton A. Rather, Abigail E. Herzog, David A. Ernst, Erica L. Westerman
Summary: The study found that social experience can influence male mate preference in the butterfly Heliconius melpomene, which has implications for the speciation of butterfly species.
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Teresa L. Iglesias, Jean G. Boal, Marcos G. Frank, Jochen Zeil, Roger T. Hanlon
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(2019)
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Chelsea O. Bennice, Andrew P. Rayburn, William R. Brooks, Roger T. Hanlon
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Alexandra K. Schnell, Christelle Jozet-Alves, Karina C. Hall, Lea Radday, Roger T. Hanlon
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(2019)
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Thomas L. Williams, Stephen L. Senft, Jingjie Yeo, Francisco J. Martin-Martinez, Alan M. Kuzirian, Camille A. Martin, Christopher W. DiBona, Chun-Teh Chen, Sean R. Dinneen, Hieu T. Nguyen, Conor M. Gomes, Joshua J. C. Rosenthal, Matthew D. MacManes, Feixia Chu, Markus J. Buehler, Roger T. Hanlon, Leila F. Deravi
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(2019)
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Jose E. A. R. Marian, Ligia H. Apostolico, Chuan-Chin Chiao, Roger T. Hanlon, Noritaka Hirohashi, Yoko Iwata, Jennifer Mather, Noriyosi Sato, Paul W. Shaw
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2019)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paloma T. Gonzalez-Bellido, Alexia T. Scaros, Roger T. Hanlon, Trevor J. Wardill
Meeting Abstract
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J. F. Peyla, S. L. Senft, R. T. Hanlon
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(2018)
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BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS
(2018)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paloma T. Gonzalez-Bellido, Alexia T. Scaros, Roger T. Hanlon, Trevor J. Wardill
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Ecology
Justine J. Allen, Derya Akkaynak, Alexandra K. Schnell, Roger T. Hanlon
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2017)
Meeting Abstract
Zoology
C. O. Bennice, W. R. Brooks, A. P. Rayburn, R. T. Hanlon
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2017)
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Biology
Deanna Panetta, Kendra Buresch, Roger T. Hanlon
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Ecology
Katja J. Geiger, Julio Arrontes, Antonella Rivera, Consolacion Fernandez, Jorge Alvarez, Jose Luis Acuna
Summary: A two-year experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of Pollicipes pollicipes harvest on intertidal community structure and ecological diversity. The study found that intensive exploitation resulted in a decrease in P. pollicipes and Mytilus spp. coverage, while Chthamalus spp. and Corallina spp. increased. The recovery of P. pollicipes aggregations was slow and variable, but their coverage increased under non-extracted conditions.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Ecology
Daniel Castro Martignago, Leandro Godoy, Amanda Pereira Amaral, Guendalina Turcato Oliveira
Summary: This study evaluates the effects of bleaching on the oocytes of the Mussismilia harttii coral and investigates the strategies employed by these cells to maintain antioxidant balance and cellular homeostasis. The research finds that bleached coral oocytes experience lipid damage, but are still able to maintain their quality and potentially elongate their lifespan and fertilization capability. This response may be linked to an intensification of heterotrophy in bleached corals.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
(2024)