Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lauren M. Harrison, Gabriela C. Melo, Daniela M. Perez, Patricia R. Y. Backwell
Summary: Experimental results show that females have a strong preference for leader males, but followers still obtain a certain proportion of mates. Proximity of followers to females does not affect female preference for leaders, but being a leader increases a male's success when he is further from the female than rival males. Furthermore, the presence of a leader male makes females more likely to approach a distant group, suggesting that followers benefit from participating in synchrony.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Christina Elgert, Topi K. Lehtonen, Arja Kaitala, Ulrika Candolin
Summary: The study showed that prolonged exposure to artificial light caused female glow-worms to cease glowing, impacting their ability to find a mate and reproduce. This highlights the importance of limiting the duration of artificial light to protect nocturnal species and their opportunities for effective sexual signalling.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
H. Luke Anderson, Ammon Perkes, Julian S. Gottfried, Hayden B. Davies, David J. White, Marc F. Schmidt
Summary: In brown-headed cowbirds, female chatter calls play a role in pair bond formation and signaling male songs, rather than eliciting male attention during courtship. Chatter calls are tightly time-locked to male songs and can interfere with male song potency, suggesting a mechanism of sexual conflict where females guard, resist, or select their mates.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
David Canal, Monika Jablonszky, Katalin Krenhardt, Gabor Marko, Gergely Nagy, Eszter Szasz, Janos Torok, Sandor Zsebok, Laszlo Zsolt Garamszegi
Summary: This study revealed the relative importance of male and female identity in male courtship behavior, as well as the increased male responsiveness to stimulus females as the breeding season progressed. Furthermore, the results suggest that invitation latency is a consistent courtship attribute in males that can be adjusted plastically according to perceived female quality and environmental conditions.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Peter K. Jonason, Kaitlyn P. White, Abigail H. Lowder, Laith Al-Shawaf
Summary: This study replicated the relative importance of dealbreakers and dealmakers in romantic and sexual relationships and extended it to include self-reports of mate value, self-esteem, and loneliness. The results showed that learning about dealbreakers decreased people's interest in potential partners, and individuals with lower self-esteem or higher loneliness were more receptive to partners with dealbreakers. Conversely, individuals who believed they had higher mate value, higher self-esteem, or lower loneliness were more receptive to partners with dealmakers. These findings are discussed in relation to sociometer, prospect, and sexual strategies theories.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael J. Ryan
Summary: Darwin's theory of sexual selection, proposed one hundred fifty years ago, focuses on female preferences for elaborately ornamented males due to their taste for beauty. Research has since explored fitness advantages, sensory ecology, signal design, neural circuits, and neurochemistry, providing insight into the mechanisms behind mate choice. Recent studies inspired by human research in psychophysics, behavioral economics, and neuroaesthetics have further advanced our understanding of mate choices.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Kat Bebbington, Ton G. G. Groothuis
Summary: The costs of caring for offspring can lead to an evolutionary conflict between parents. However, in biparental species, long-term partners can reduce this conflict by increasing their own parental investment and compatibility with each other. This study on black-headed gulls demonstrates that long-term partner retention benefits reduce sexual conflict and increase parental investment. Additionally, compatibility in newly formed pairs can lead to commitment to the pair bond.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Naomi L. Zweerus, Michiel van Wijk, Coby Schal, Astrid T. Groot
Summary: The evolution of sexual signals is influenced by whether one or both sexes engage in mate choice. In the case of the noctuid moth Chloridea virescens, both males and females emit sex-specific pheromones, but females tend to choose larger males for mating. Female mate choice in this moth species is not influenced by male pheromones, and females use behavior and tactile stimuli to make decisions during courtship.
Article
Ecology
Samuel S. Snow, Richard O. Prum
Summary: Models of sexual conflict have traditionally assumed that female resistance to male coercion requires direct confrontation, leading to antagonistic coevolutionary arms-races. However, our quantitative model introduces the concept that females can evolve new mate preferences for traits that undermine male coercion, thus enhancing their own sexual autonomy. This alternative mechanism allows females to avoid arms-races and gain indirect benefits of having attractive mates. Our analysis reveals the potential for evolutionary remodeling and the favoring of protective male traits, leading to expanding sexual autonomy.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Pietro Pollo, Nathan W. Burke, Gregory Holwell
Summary: This study explored the effects of male activity levels and female aggressiveness on mating behavior and sexual cannibalism in the springbok mantis, finding that more active males were faster and more likely to interact with females while younger females were more likely to cannibalize males. The study suggests that both male and female personality traits influence the likelihood of sexual encounters, but have little effect on the likelihood of cannibalism, highlighting the potential for personality traits of both sexes to influence mating dynamics in sexually cannibalistic species.
Article
Zoology
Shou-Wang Lin, Lara Lopardo, Gabriele Uhl
Summary: Sexual selection plays a significant role in the diversification of dwarf spiders, as evidenced by the diverse prosomal structures observed in males. This study redefines the genus Oedothorax based on a phylogenetic analysis and proposes several synonymies and new genera. The findings suggest multiple origins of prosomal modification types, highlighting the importance of sexual selection in erigonine evolution.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Ryan Calsbeek, Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho, Laurel B. Symes
Summary: A novel application of acoustic camera technology was used to investigate the influence of individual wood frogs' calls on chorus properties and mating opportunities. The results showed that males and females preferred choruses with low variance in dominant frequency, and females preferred choruses with low mean peak frequency. Field studies revealed that more egg masses were laid in ponds where male frogs chorused with low variance in dominant frequency.
Article
Biology
Andrew D. Cronin, Judith A. H. Smit, Matias Munoz, Armand Poirier, Peter A. Moran, Paul Jerem, Wouter Halfwerk
Summary: Urbanisation can influence mating opportunities and selection pressures on sexual traits. Studies show differences between urban and non-urban populations in terms of sexual traits and factors associated with urbanisation. However, there is limited understanding of the drivers of urban sexual selection and whether changes in traits are adaptive or short-term ecological responses. Urbanisation provides a unique opportunity to study sexual selection, but an integrative approach combining experimental and observational work is needed.
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Roshan Kumar Vijendravarma, Pierre Leopold
Summary: The postulates of developmental instability-sexual selection hypothesis are being actively debated, and this article aims to examine the plausibility of animals perceiving symmetry and subsequently discriminating against asymmetric mates. It emphasizes the importance of considering non-visual perception of asymmetry and discusses methodological challenges in testing multimodal cues for detecting mate asymmetry.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Hieu T. Pham, Kathryn B. McNamara, Mark A. Elgar
Summary: Studies have shown that older virgin female gumleaf skeletonizer moths may adjust their calling behavior to mitigate mating failure risk by competing with other females, even though they are less likely to call and spend less time calling compared to younger females. Male olfactory preferences for pheromones produced by younger females suggest that pheromone quality plays a role in the males' choice. These results indicate potential adaptive adjustments in female moths' calling behavior with age.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tristram D. Wyatt
AMERICAN SCIENTIST
(2015)
Review
Biology
Tristram D. Wyatt
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2015)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Tristram D. Wyatt
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2010)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tristram D. Wyatt
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tristram D. Wyatt
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tristram Wyatt
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tristram D. Wyatt, Joerg D. Hardege, John Terschak
Meeting Abstract
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
T. D. Wyatt
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2007)
Article
Parasitology
WJ Alonso, TD Wyatt, DW Kelly
MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
(2003)
Article
Entomology
JC Rojas, TD Wyatt, MC Birch
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
(2001)
Article
Entomology
JC Rojas, TD Wyatt, MC Birch
JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR
(2000)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
James A. Klarevas-Irby, Damien R. Farine
Summary: Little is known about how animals overcome temporal constraints on movement during dispersal. This study used GPS tracking of vulturine guineafowl and found that dispersers showed the greatest increase in movement at the same times of day when they moved the most prior to dispersal. These findings suggest that individuals face the same ecological constraints during dispersal as they do in daily life and achieve large displacements by maximizing movement when conditions are most favorable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Simone Ciaralli, Martina Esposito, Stefano Francesconi, Daniela Muzzicato, Marco Gamba, Matteo Dal Zotto, Daniela Campobello
Summary: Male cuckoos may transfer nest location information to females as a nonmaterial nuptial gift through specific postures and behaviors, potentially influencing mating choices of female cuckoos.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Anne E. Aulsebrook, Rowan Jacques-Hamilton, Bart Kempenaers
Summary: Accelerometry and machine learning have been used to quantify mating behaviors of captive male ruffs. Different machine learning methods were compared and evaluated for their classification performance. The study highlights the challenges and potential pitfalls in classifying mating behaviors using accelerometry and provides recommendations and considerations for future research.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Maria G. Smith, Joshua B. LaPergola, Christina Riehl
Summary: This study analyzed individual contributions to parental care in the greater ani bird and found that workload inequality varied between groups of two and three pairs. However, there was no clear evidence of division of labour within the groups, suggesting individual differences in overall work performed.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Noah M. T. Smith, Reuven Dukas
Summary: Winner and loser effects are observed in many animals, and recent experiments suggest that they may also occur in humans. In two experiments involving video games and reading comprehension, participants who won in the first phase performed significantly better in the second phase compared to those who lost. The effect size was larger in the video game experiment, and men and women showed similar magnitudes of winner and loser effects.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Bianca J. L. Marcellino, Peri Yee, Shannon J. Mccauley, Rosalind L. Murray
Summary: This study examines the trade-off between mating effort and thermoregulatory behavior in dragonflies in response to temperature changes, and investigates the effect of wing melanin on these behaviors. The results indicate that as temperature increases, dragonflies reduce their mating effort and increase their thermoregulatory behavior.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rafael Rios Moura, Paulo Inacio Prado, Joao Vasconcellos-Neto
Summary: This study examined the escape behavior and decision-making of Aglaoctenus castaneus spiders on different substrates. It was found that spiders inhabiting injurious substrates displayed shorter flight initiation distances and lower sensitivity to predators.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Luigi Baciadonna, Cwyn Solvi, Francesca Terranova, Camilla Godi, Cristina Pilenga, Livio Favaro
Summary: In this study, it was found that African penguins could use ventral dot patterns to recognize their lifelong partner and nonpartner colonymates. This challenges the previous assumption of limited visual involvement in penguin communication, highlighting the complex and flexible recognition process in birds.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Nick A. R. Jones, Jade Newton-Youens, Joachim G. Frommen
Summary: Environmental conditions, particularly temperature, have a significant impact on animal behavior. This study focused on aggression in Neolamprologus pulcher fish and found that aggression rates increased with temperature at lower levels, but decreased after reaching a peak. Additionally, the influence of high temperatures on aggression changed over time during the trials. These findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of the short-term effects of temperature on aggression and highlight the importance of considering non-linear changes in thermal performance.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Bruno Herlander Martins, Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Aldina M. A. Franco, Ines Carry
Summary: Human activities have affected the availability of resources for wildlife, particularly through the provision of anthropogenic food subsidies at landfill sites. This study explores the influence of age on landfill attendance and foraging behavior in white storks. Adult storks visit landfills more frequently and show dominance over juveniles in food acquisition. Juveniles have limited access to landfill resources and are forced to use lower quality areas.