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Yu F, Wang X, Huang C, Li Z. Unexpected male choosiness: condition-dependent mating strategies of crayfish. Anim Behav 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oka SI, Kobayashi N, Sato T, Ueda K, Yamagishi M. Sound production in the coconut crab, the largest terrestrial crustacean. ZOOLOGY 2019; 137:125710. [PMID: 31634694 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2019.125710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sound production in terrestrial crustaceans, including the coconut crab, Birgus latro, is not fully understood. Here, we present the first description of the acoustic features and sound production mechanisms of coconut crabs. The sound production system was determined based on X-ray videography and anatomical observations. The results indicated that the crabs produced a tapping sound by beating the scaphognathite, which is also used for ventilation, in the efferent branchial channel. The frequencies of the produced sounds were diverse, and the sound interval also varied within the same individual. From observations under captivity, differences in the sounds were confirmed at each mating phase. Although the relationship between the sounds and actions was not clarified in this study, it is probable that the crabs deliberately produce various types of sounds for different occasions. The coconut crab is known to use visual and chemical communication mechanisms, but these results suggest that a diverse set of sounds is an additional communication pathway during agonistic and mating interactions.
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- Shin-Ichiro Oka
- Okinawa Churashima Foundation, 888 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Okinawa, 905-0206, Japan.
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- Okinawa Churashima Foundation, 888 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Okinawa, 905-0206, Japan
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- Research Center for Marine Invertebrates, National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Momoshima, Onomichi, Hiroshima, 722-0061, Japan
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- Okinawa Churashima Foundation, 888 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Okinawa, 905-0206, Japan
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- Conservation & Animal Welfare Trust Okinawa, 308-7 Maehara, Uruma-shi, Okinawa, 904-2235, Japan
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Gong D, Zhang S, Jiao X, Hu Z, Sha X, Zhang S, Peng Y. Mating experience affects male mating success, but not female fecundity in the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata (Araneae: Lycosidae). Behav Processes 2019; 167:103921. [PMID: 31376418 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In a mating system in which females are monandrous and males are polygynous, females may incur a risk by mating with males with possible sperm depletion following consecutive matings. Here, we examined the effects of male mating history on male mating success and female reproductive fitness in the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata by performing mating trials and sperm counting experiments. Results showed that male mating history had a significant negative impact on subsequent copulation success but had little effect on courtship duration and courtship intensity. In addition, neither male courtship intensity nor morphological measurements of males and females had significant effects on male mating success. Furthermore, male mating history had no obvious impact on the fecundity of inseminated females, with no significant differences observed in the oviposition rate of females, the numbers and the carapace width of the second-instar spiderlings between treatments. Results showed that the number of sperm decreased significantly after mating but could be replenished, with no significant differences observed between groups in which males had rested for 7 d. These findings suggest that polygynous male spiders may recharge their sperm during the mating season, but how females differentiate the mating status of males remains unknown.
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- Deyong Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430064, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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Ogburn MB. The effects of sex-biased fisheries on crustacean sex ratios and reproductive output. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2019.1612787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Scarponi V, Godin JGJ. Female assessment of male functional fertility during mate choice in a promiscuous fish. Ethology 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Valentina Scarponi
- Department of Biology; Carleton University; Ottawa ON Canada
- Department of Life Sciences; University of Sussex; Brighton UK
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Miura Y, Goshima S. Temporal dynamics of intersexual conflict and the effect of male quality on female fecundity in the marine isopod Cleantiella isopus. BEHAVIOUR 2016. [DOI: 10.1163/1568539x-00003364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Crustacean males grasp and/or guard females before copulation to ensure mating, but females typically resist males during pair formation. The benefit of resistance for females might allow (1) females to optimize mate quality, or (2) to avoid costs incurred during guarding. However, it has not been fully investigated which benefits actually improve female fitness. Here we investigated female resistance, temporal dynamics of intersexual conflict during reproduction, and the effect of male size and male mating frequency on female fecundity in the marine isopod,Cleantiella isopusto examine the relative importance of the two mechanisms mentioned before. Females resisted even after they had become receptive. Females which mated with small males showed lower fecundity than the ones with large males, and small males were frequently unable to form pairs. These results suggest that female resistance ofC. isopusagainst males can function as a way to optimize mate quality.
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- Y. Miura
- Laboratory of Marine Biology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Minato 3-1-1, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
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- Fisheries Sciences Center, The Hokkaido University Museum, Minato 3-1-1, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan
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Scarponi V, Chowdhury D, Godin JGJ. Male Mating History Influences Female Mate Choice in the Trinidadian Guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Ethology 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Yasuda CI, Matsuo K, Wada S. Previous mating experience increases fighting success during male-male contests in the hermit crab Pagurus nigrofascia. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1941-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mellan D, Warren A, Buckholt MA, Mathews LM. Sexual History Affects Mating Behavior and Mate Choice in the CrayfishOrconectes limosus. Ethology 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dane Mellan
- Department of Biology & Biotechnology; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Worcester MA USA
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- Department of Biology & Biotechnology; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Worcester MA USA
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- Department of Biology & Biotechnology; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Worcester MA USA
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- Department of Biology & Biotechnology; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Worcester MA USA
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Loyau A, Blanchet S, Van Laere P, Clobert J, Danchin E. When not to copy: female fruit flies use sophisticated public information to avoid mated males. Sci Rep 2012; 2:768. [PMID: 23105967 PMCID: PMC3480809 DOI: 10.1038/srep00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Semen limitation (lack of semen to fertilize all of a female's eggs) imposes high fitness costs to female partners. Females should therefore avoid mating with semen-limited males. This can be achieved by using public information extracted from watching individual males' previous copulating activities. This adaptive preference should be flexible given that semen limitation is temporary. We first demonstrate that the number of offspring produced by males Drosophila melanogaster gradually decreases over successive copulations. We then show that females avoid mating with males they just watched copulating and that visual public cues are sufficient to elicit this response. Finally, after males were given the time to replenish their sperm reserves, females did not avoid the males they previously saw copulating anymore. These results suggest that female fruit flies may have evolved sophisticated behavioural processes of resistance to semen-limited males, and demonstrate unsuspected adaptive context-dependent mate choice in an invertebrate.
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- Adeline Loyau
- CNRS, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis, USR 2936, 2-4 Route du CNRS, 09200 Saint Girons, France.
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McNamara KB, McKenzie JL, Elgar MA, Jones TM. A female preference for experienced males in the almond moth, Cadra cautella. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1366-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gherardi F, Aquiloni L, Tricarico E. Revisiting social recognition systems in invertebrates. Anim Cogn 2012; 15:745-62. [PMID: 22639070 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0513-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Revised: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Since the 1970s, the ability of some invertebrate species to recognize individual conspecifics has attracted increased scientific interest. However, there is still confusion in the literature, possibly due to the lack of unambiguous criteria for classifying social recognition in its different forms. Here, we synthesize the results of studies on invertebrates and provide a framework with the purpose of identifying research needs and directions for future investigations. Following in part Sherman et al.'s (Behavioural ecology: an evolutionary approach. Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp 69-96, 1997) definition of 'recognition systems' and Tibbetts and Dale's (Trends Ecol Evol 22:529-537, 2007) classification of 'individual recognition,' we first discuss different case studies that exemplify the categories of 'familiar recognition' and 'class-level recognition.' Then, through the analysis of the invertebrate literature, we illustrate eight key properties that characterize 'true individual recognition' systems. We are confident that the proposed framework will provide opportunities for exciting discoveries of the cognitive abilities in invertebrates.
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- Francesca Gherardi
- Department of Evolutionary Biology Leo Pardi, University of Florence, Via Romana 17, 50125, Florence, Italy.
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Lupold S, Manier MK, Ala-Honkola O, Belote JM, Pitnick S. Male Drosophila melanogaster adjust ejaculate size based on female mating status, fecundity, and age. Behav Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Male remating and female fitness in the wolf spider Pardosa astrigera: the role of male mating history. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1049-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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First evidences of sexual selection by mate choice in marine zooplankton. Oecologia 2010; 164:627-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1755-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Hunt J, Breuker CJ, Sadowski JA, Moore AJ. Male-male competition, female mate choice and their interaction: determining total sexual selection. J Evol Biol 2009; 22:13-26. [PMID: 19120810 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01633.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Empirical studies of sexual selection typically focus on one of the two mechanisms of sexual selection without integrating these into a description of total sexual selection, or study total sexual selection without quantifying the contributions of all of the mechanisms of sexual selection. However, this can provide an incomplete or misleading view of how sexually selected traits evolve if the mechanisms of sexual selection are opposing or differ in form. Here, we take a two-fold approach to advocate a direction for future studies of sexual selection. We first show how a quantitative partitioning and examination of sexual selection mechanisms can inform by identifying illustrative studies that describe both male-male competition and female mate choice acting on the same trait. In our sample, the most common trait where this occurred was body size, and selection was typically linear. We found that male-male competition and female mate choice can be reinforcing or opposing, although the former is most common in the literature. The mechanisms of sexual selection can occur simultaneously or sequentially, and we found they were more likely to be opposing when the mechanisms operated sequentially. The degree and timing that these mechanisms interact have important implications for the operation of sexual selection and needs to be considered in designing studies. Our examples highlight where empirical data are needed. We especially lack standardized measures of the form and strength of selection imposed by each mechanism of sexual selection and how they combine to determine total sexual selection. Secondly, using quantitative genetic principles, we outline how the selection imposed by individual mechanisms can be measured and combined to estimate the total strength and form of sexual selection. We discuss the evolutionary consequences of combining the mechanisms of sexual selection and interpreting total sexual selection. We suggest how this approach may result in empirical progress in the field of sexual selection.
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- John Hunt
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
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HETTYEY ATTILA, VÁGI BALÁZS, HÉVIZI GERGELY, TÖRÖK JÁNOS. Changes in sperm stores, ejaculate size, fertilization success, and sexual motivation over repeated matings in the common toad, Bufo bufo (Anura: Bufonidae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01126.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hay ME. Marine chemical ecology: chemical signals and cues structure marine populations, communities, and ecosystems. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE 2009; 1:193-212. [PMID: 21141035 PMCID: PMC3380104 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Chemical cues constitute much of the language of life in the sea. Our understanding of biotic interactions and their effects on marine ecosystems will advance more rapidly if this language is studied and understood. Here, I review how chemical cues regulate critical aspects of the behavior of marine organisms from bacteria to phytoplankton to benthic invertebrates and water column fishes. These chemically mediated interactions strongly affect population structure, community organization, and ecosystem function. Chemical cues determine foraging strategies, feeding choices, commensal associations, selection of mates and habitats, competitive interactions, and transfer of energy and nutrients within and among ecosystems. In numerous cases, the indirect effects of chemical signals on behavior have as much or more effect on community structure and function as the direct effects of consumers and pathogens. Chemical cues are critical for understanding marine systems, but their omnipresence and impact are inadequately recognized.
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- Mark E Hay
- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
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Kamio M, Reidenbach MA, Derby CD. To paddle or not: context dependent courtship display by male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 211:1243-8. [PMID: 18375848 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The nature of the courtship signalling used by a species is shaped by many factors, one of which is its habitat. Male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, have a courtship display in which they elevate their body by standing high on their legs, open their chelae and paddle their swimming legs. This courtship display is not reported in other swimming (portunid) crabs and is rarely expressed in laboratory experiments on male blue crabs. In this study, we characterised this display, which we call ;courtship stationary paddling', and distinguished it from other types of paddling. To explain the species specificity of courtship stationary paddling, we hypothesised that this behaviour is an adaptation to low visibility and abundant refuges in the habitat of blue crabs, and that this behaviour enhances chemical signalling when females are relatively inaccessible to males. We used particle imaging velocimetry to visualise water currents generated during courtship stationary paddling, showing that it created water currents directed away from the male and towards the female, thus enhancing chemical signalling. We also showed that males did not perform courtship stationary paddling when females were freely walking such that males could quickly contact and cradle carry them. Rather, males typically performed courtship stationary paddling only when females were inaccessible to them. These results indicate that courtship stationary paddling is a context-dependent behaviour, occurring only when females are not accessible to males, and suggesting that it evolved as an adaptation to life in habitats with many refuges and low visibility.
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- Michiya Kamio
- Department of Biology, Brains & Behavior Program, and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
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Aquiloni L, Gherardi F. Mutual mate choice in crayfish: large body size is selected by both sexes, virginity by males only. J Zool (1987) 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sato T, Goshima S. Sperm allocation in response to a temporal gradient in female reproductive quality in the stone crab, Hapalogaster dentata. Anim Behav 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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