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Data from: Fake news? The impact of information mismatch in mating behaviour
<p>Multiple cues are often used for mate choice in complex environments, potentially entailing mismatches between different sources of information. We address the consequences thereof for receivers using the spider mite <em>Tetranychus urticae</em>, in which virgin females are highly valuable mates compared to mated females, given first male sperm precedence. Accordingly, males prefer virgins and distinguish them using cues from the females and/or that are present on the substrate. Whereas the former are more reliable, the latter may allow for a faster or more long-distance response. However, there can be mismatched information between cues as females move and/or mate. Here, we tested the consequences thereof by exposing males to mated or virgin females on patches previously impregnated with cues deposited by females of either mating status. Male mating attempts were solely affected by substrate cues while female acceptance and the number of mating events were independently affected by both cues. Copulation duration, in contrast, depended mainly on the mating status of the female, with the number of copulations and the total time spent mating being intermediate in environments with mismatched information. Ultimately, male survival costs mirrored male investment in mating. These results suggest that, in environments with mismatched information, the substrate cues left by females are instrumental for males to find their mates, but they can also lead to males paying survival costs without the associated benefit of mating effectively, or suffering reduced costs at the expense of losing effective mating opportunities. The benefit of using multiple cues will then hinge upon the frequency of information mismatch, which itself should vary with the dynamics of populations.</p>
Raw data for: Plastic responses of males and females interact to determine mating behaviour
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Data from: Correlational selection on personality and social plasticity: morphology and social context determine behavioural effects on mating success
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No water, no mating: Connecting dots from behaviour to pathways
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Data supporting: Molecular, behavioural and morphological comparisons of sperm adaptations in a fish with alternative mating tactics
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Interactive effects of arrival date, territory quality and male polyterritorial behaviour on the mating system of the sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus – a path analysis
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Data from: Fake news? The impact of information mismatch in mating behaviour
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Effects of temperature on mating behaviour and mating success: a meta-analysis
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Weathering the storm for love? The mate-searching behaviour of wild male Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus)
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Data from: Light environment influences mating behaviours during the early stages of divergence in tropical butterflies
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Data and code for: Decline in offspring quantity but not quality from successive matings in male rainforest <em>Drosophila</em>, with no evidence for genetic divergence in male mating behaviour along climatic and density gradients
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Data from: Courtship behaviour, nesting microhabitat and assortative mating in sympatric stickleback species-pairs
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The effect of baculum shape and mating behaviour on mating-induced Prolactin release in female house mice
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Raw data for: Plastic male mating behaviour evolves in response to the competitive environment
<p>Male reproductive phenotypes can evolve in response to the social and sexual environment. The expression of many such phenotypes may also be plastic within an individual's lifetime. For example, male <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> show significantly extended mating duration following a period of exposure to conspecific male rivals. The costs and benefits of reproductive investment, and plasticity itself, can be shaped by the prevailing socio-sexual environment and by resource availability. We investigated these ideas using experimental evolution lines of <i>D. melanogaster </i>evolving under three fixed sex ratios (high, medium and low male-male competition) on either rich or poor adult diets. We found that males evolving in high-competition environments evolved longer mating durations overall. In addition, these males expressed a novel type of plastic behavioural response following exposure to rival males: they both significantly reduced and showed altered courtship delivery and exhibited significantly longer mating latencies. Plasticity in male mating duration in response to rivals was maintained in all of the lines, suggesting that the costs of plasticity were minimal. None of the evolutionary responses tested were consistently affected by dietary resource regimes. Collectively, the results show that fixed behavioural changes and new augmentations to the repertoire of reproductive behaviours can evolve rapidly.</p>
Two videos showing mating behaviour of the terrestrial slug Deroceras cecconii (Gastropoda: Agriolimacidae)
<p> The dataset consists of two videos showing the mating behaviour of <em>Deroceras cecconii</em>. Details are explained further in:<br> Hutchinson, J.M.C, Reise, H. & Schlitt, B. (2020) Mating behaviour and genital anatomy of <em>Deroceras cecconii</em> (Pollonera, 1896), a widespread but overlooked slug from Italy, now introduced to eastern Germany. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde</em> <strong>149</strong>: 221–236.<br> The video cecconii_mating.mp4 shows the mating from soon (<8 min) after the sarcobela have everted (defining the start of the courtship phase) until the separation after copulation, 93 min later. Behaviour has been speeded up by a factor of 10. These two slugs (p23912 and p23915 in the collection of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz) were collected from site G45 (43.7338°N 011.55662°E, province of Firenze, Italy) on 22.iii.2013 and the mating occurred on 5.iv.2013. To give a rough idea of scale, each slug was about 3 cm long.<br> The video cecconii_copulation.mp4 shows the entire copulation phase (when the penes evert fully and sperm is exchanged between them) of a different pair of slugs (p23903 and p23904 in the collection of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz). They were collected from site G43 (42.7771°N 011.1938°E, province of Grosseto, Italy) on 21.iii.2013 and the mating occurred on 17.iv.2013. The video plays at the true speed. In this mating, the copulation started 76-84 min after the start of courtship. Stills from this video make up Fig. 7A-L in the above article. To give a rough idea of scale, each slug was about 3 cm long.<br> Video recording used Samsung SHC-737P cameras with Fujinon YV10×5B-2 lenses connected to an ISIS-1624 digital video card. Video processing utilised Avisynth, VirtualDub2, and ffmpeg.<br> A video recording of another copulation of <em>D. cecconii</em>, in side view, is available at https://malagr.de/hutch/video/cecconii.htm.</p>
Data from: The mating behaviour of the seed shrimp Parapolycope spiralis (Ostracoda: Cladocopina), with insight into the evolution of mating systems in cryptic interstitial habitats
The mating behaviour of the interstitial ostracod Parapolycope spiralis Tanaka & Tsukagoshi, 2010 is reported here for the first time. This species is adapted to an interstitial environment, and is typified by having tiny body size and being completely blind. In this paper it is presumed that the characteristics of the mating behaviour are typical for species in an interstitial environment. Observations by microscopy on mating behaviour in the laboratory showed various distinct stages: (1) the male captures the female by a sucker on the antennula; (2) the male clasps and maintains the mating position using the endopodite, the endopodite claw, and the exopodite of the antenna; (3) the male makes contact using the distal part of the upper lip; and (4) copulation takes place. These observations indicate that the sequence of stages of the mating behaviour of miniaturized animals is not necessarily always a simplified process. During the process, it seems that the male upper lip establishes physical contact stimuli with the female. Because the interstitial environment is cryptic and consists of a three-dimensional space with reduced connectivity, direct physical contact is likely to be one of the most effective and successful courtship behaviours.
Data from: Evolution of mating behaviour between two populations adapting to common environmental conditions
Populations from the same species may be differentiated across contrasting environments, potentially affecting reproductive isolation among them. When such populations meet in a novel common environment, this isolation may be modified by biotic or abiotic factors. Curiously, the latter have been overlooked. We filled this gap by performing experimental evolution of three replicates of two populations of Drosophila subobscura adapting to a common laboratorial environment, and simulated encounters at three time points during this process. Previous studies showed that these populations were highly differentiated for several life-history traits and chromosomal inversions. First, we show initial differentiation for some mating traits, such as assortative mating and male mating rate, but not others (e.g., female mating latency). Mating frequency increased during experimental evolution in both sets of populations. The assortative mating found in one population remained constant throughout the adaptation process, while disassortative mating of the other population diminished across generations. Additionally, differences in male mating rate were sustained across generations. This study shows that mating behavior evolves rapidly in response to adaptation to a common abiotic environment, although with a complex pattern that does not correspond to the quick convergence seen for life-history traits.
Data from: Does mating behaviour affect connectivity in marine fishes? Comparative population genetics of two protogynous groupers (Family Serranidae)
Pelagic larval duration (PLD) has been hypothesized to be the primary predictor of connectivity in marine fishes; however, few studies have examined the effects that adult reproductive behaviour may have on realized dispersal. We assessed gene flow (connectivity) by documenting variation in microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA sequences in two protogynous species of groupers, the aggregate spawning red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, and the single-male, harem-spawning coney, Cephalopholis fulva, to ask if reproductive strategy affects connectivity. Samples of both species were obtained from waters off three islands (Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Croix) in the Caribbean Sea. Despite the notion that aggregate spawning of red hind may facilitate larval retention, stronger signals of population structure were detected in the harem-spawning coney. Heterogeneity and/or inferred barriers, based on microsatellites, involved St. Croix (red hind and coney) and the west coast of Puerto Rico (coney). Heterogeneity and/or inferred barriers, based on mitochondrial DNA, involved St. Croix (coney only). Genetic divergence in both species was stronger for microsatellites than for mitochondrial DNA, suggesting sex-biased dispersal in both species. Long-term migration rates, based on microsatellites, indicated asymmetric gene flow for both species in the same direction as mean surface currents in the region. Red hind had higher levels of variation in microsatellites and lower levels of variation in mitochondrial DNA. Long-term effective size and effective number of breeders were greater for red hind; estimates of θf a proxy for long-term effective female size, were the same in both species. Patterns of gene flow in both species appear to stem in part from shared aspects of larval and adult biology, local bathymetry, and surface current patterns. Differences in connectivity and levels of genetic variation between the species, however, likely stem from differences in behaviour related to reproductive strategy.
Using positive-to-negative behavioural responses to evaluate treefrog mate choice
<p>Sexual competition hinges on the ability to impress other conspecifics, to drive them away or attract them. In such cases, the selective environment may be hedonic or affective in nature, as it consists of the evaluations of the individuals making the decisions. This may contribute to the power of sexual selection because evaluations may range from positive to negative rather than simply from positive to neutral. Selection due to mate choice may therefore be stronger than currently appreciated. Further, change in preferred mate types can occur simply by changes ("flips") in the evaluation of similar display features, adding to the dynamism of sexual selection as well as its strength. We tested the hypothesis of positive-to-negative behavioural responses in mate choice with a playback experiment using two treefrog species with "mirror image" structures in their advertisement and aggressive calls. Female treefrog responses ranged from approach to evasion, and the presence of an aversive stimulus tainted evaluation of an attractive stimulus. Further, females in the two species showed flips in approach/evasion of stimuli with comparable signal structure. These results suggest that hedonic evaluation may have an important role in mate choice, and showcase how mechanistic analysis can help understand evolutionary processes.</p>
FIG. 7 in Mating behaviour of Staminodeus vectoris (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and the value of systematics in behavioural studies
FIG. 7. Males of Staminodeus, prothoracic legs, anterior view, scale bar 0.1 mm: (a) S. inermis; (b) S. curvitibialis; (c) S. denticulatus; (d) S. bispinosus; (e) S. forcipis; (f) S. dilatatus; (g) S. vectoris. Adapted from Franz (2001), with permission of The Coleopterists Bulletin.
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