Mating experience influences mate choice and reproductive output in an aphidophagous ladybird, Menochilus sexmaculatus
| Autor: | Ankita Dubey, Swati Saxena, Omkar, Geetanjali Mishra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
05 social sciences Zoology Biology Fecundity biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Preference Mate choice Copula (jellyfish) behavior and behavior mechanisms 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Animal Science and Zoology 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Mating reproductive and urinary physiology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Animal Biology. 68:247-263 |
| ISSN: | 1570-7563 1570-7555 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/15707563-17000128 |
| Popis: | Information about mating status can be used to decide about whether to invest resources in mating with a particular partner. In the present study, we evaluated mate choice in relation to the mating experience of males and females ofMenochilus sexmaculatus. We subjected both unmated and multiply mated males and females to different mate choice trials. The mating experience of the adults includes unmated, once-mated, twice-mated and multiply mated. The mate choice trials revealed that unmated adults were preferred over mated adults by both unmated and multiply mated partners. This preference for unmated partners also had consequences for mating behaviour and reproductive output. Unmated and multiply mated females commenced mating with unmated males earlier. In addition, unmated and multiply mated males invested more time in copula with unmated females. Moreover, females mated with unmated males were more fecund than those mated with previously mated males. This suggests that mating experience of mates may influence mating and reproductive behaviour in this species. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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