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Male performance and associated costs in successive sexual encounters in a polygynous web wolf spider
(Springer Heidelberg, 2019-10-14)
Polygynous males increase their reproductive success by fertilizing as many females as possible. However, this strategy can lead to costs for the males. This study focused on an atypical wolf spider that lives in webs, ...
Life History and Mating Behavior of Rhagoletis solanophaga (Diptera: Tephritidae), a Non-Diapausing Species with Highly Variable Mating Duration
(Springer/plenum Publishers, 2016-11)
As an initial contribution to understanding the adaptive value of behavioral and life-history strategies, the life cycle and mating behavior of an unstudied species of tephritid fruit fly in the genus Rhagoletis are ...
Mating success depends on rearing substrate in cactophilic Drosophila
(Springer, 2012-05)
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae coexist in the arid lands of southern South America and exploit different types of cactus as breeding hosts. The former prefers to lay eggs on the rotting pads of prickly pears (genus ...