Journal articles: 'Mating behaviour'

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Garita-Alvarado, Carlos A., Beatriz Naranjo-Elizondo, and Gilbert Barrantes. "Mating and aggressive behaviour of Brachyrhaphis olomina (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)." Journal of Ethology 36, no. 1 (August 21, 2017): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-017-0523-y.

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Abstract Despite the increasing interest in the use of intromittent male genitalia and coercive mating behaviour in poeciliids, detailed studies of the mating behaviour of most species in this family are lacking. We describe here the mating and aggressive behaviours of Brachyrhaphis olomina, and correlate them with the condition of the female’s ovum and embryos (immature, mature and pregnant). B. olomina performed a wide range of aggressive (sidle spread, tail beating, coordinate) and mating behaviours (approximation, touch, lateral display, touch-lateral display). Some behaviours (e.g. tail beating) are shared with other poeciliids, but two sexual behaviours (touch and lateral display) and one aggressive (coordinate) behaviour may be unique to B. olomina and were not reported in a previous study. Differences in male behaviour when paired with a female with mature ovum (more mating displays, no agonistic movements) suggest that males detect the female’s reproductive condition from some distance. The distinctive nature of mating behaviour in B. olomina highlights the importance of studying different species to have a better understanding of the evolution of mating and aggressive behaviours in poeciliids. Digital video images related to the article are available at http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo170720bo01a, http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo170720bo02a and http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo170720bo03a.

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Lincoln, Tim. "Reflections on mating behaviour." Nature 345, no. 6271 (May 1990): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/345113b0.

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Hogan, Lindsay, Clive Phillips, Allan Lisle, Alan Horsup, Tina Janssen, and Stephen Johnston. "Reproductive behaviour of the southern-hairy nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)." Australian Journal of Zoology 58, no. 6 (2010): 350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo10068.

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The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is under threat as its current distribution range and population size is declining. The low reproductive rates observed for this species, both in the wild and within captivity, are a cause for concern; as such this study was designed to provide a comprehensive account of reproductive behaviour in L. latifrons. The behaviour of four groups of captive animals (each 1♂ : 2♀) was remotely monitored for 14 months using a digital video-surveillance system. Using this technology, 13 distinctive reproductive-based behaviours were identified and recorded; each behaviour was allocated to one of two categories: courtship/guarding or mating. The courtship-to-mating ritual was made up of six consecutive phases: investigation, attraction, chase, restraint, coitus and recovery. In total, 423 courtship and 49 mating bouts were observed from five (2♂ : 3♀) wombats. Courtship behaviour was observed on 116 days, with a mean bout number of 3.6 ± 0.2 per day and a mean total daily time of 29.8 ± 1.8 min. Mating was observed on 24 days, with a mean bout number of 2.1 ± 0.3 per day and a mean total daily time of 100.1 ± 9.8 min. Courtship occurred over the entire enclosure area and three distinctive courtship locomotor patterns were identified: spiral-circles, straight-lines and random. Matings occurred only in closed spaces and were always accompanied by courtship behaviour. In contrast, only 68% of all courtship days were associated with a mating event. Receptivity in the female wombats lasted for 13 h and the behavioural signs of oestrus were so subtle that only the reaction/interest of the male could be used for its detection. The covert reproductive behaviours identified for female L. latifrons closely match those previously reported for captive common wombats and may relate to this species’ need to conserve energy.

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Piascik, Edyta K., Kevin A. Judge, and Darryl T. Gwynne. "Polyandry and tibial spur chewing in the Carolina ground cricket (Eunemobius carolinus)." Canadian Journal of Zoology 88, no. 10 (October 2010): 988–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z10-065.

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During mating, the female Carolina ground cricket ( Eunemobius carolinus (Scudder, 1877)) chews specialized spurs on the male’s hind tibia for access to his hemolymph. One potential benefit to spur chewing includes nutritional acquisition from male hemolymph. A method for testing this hypothesis is to manipulate food quality or quantity, with the prediction that mating rate will increase as food quality or quantity decreases. We manipulated diet quality in adult females and provided them with four consecutive mating opportunities. We measured four aspects of mating behaviour (mating rate, latency to copulate, copulation duration, and spur chewing duration) and three of female fitness (egg number, egg-laying rate, and life span). Females of the two diet treatments did not differ significantly in any of the measured mating behaviours, although females fed a low-quality diet lived longer. Male life span did not correlate with any measured variable, although males that experienced more matings and longer total times of copulation and spur chewing lost more mass. These results suggest that spur chewing may be costly for males, although we detected no evidence that this behaviour was a benefit to the female or represented a form of male coercion.

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Fowler-Finn, Kasey, Sarah L. Boyer, Raine Ikagawa, Timothy Jeffries, Penelope C. Kahn, Eva Marie Larsen, Daniel Lee, Daniel Sasson, and Morgan Smeester. "Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of mating behaviour across multiple populations and six species of leiobunine harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones)." Behaviour 156, no. 3-4 (2019): 363–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003545.

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Abstract Mating behaviour is highly diverse in animals both among and within species. We examine variation in mating behaviour in leiobunine harvestmen, which show high diversity in genitalic traits that are predicted to correspond to patterns of behavioural diversity. We ran mating trials for six species of leiobunine from four locations, and measured body size for a subset of individuals. We described mating behaviour in detail—providing the first formal description for most species—and examined variation inter- and intraspecific in body size and behaviour. Individuals were smaller in northern populations. Furthermore, we found species- and population-specific behaviours, high variation in the timing and success of different stages of mating, and high remating rates. However, we found no correlation between behavioural and morphological variation. Leiobunine harvestmen offer an excellent system for understanding multiple mechanisms of sexual selection and geographic diversification of mating behaviour.

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Wilson, Robbie S., Catriona H. L. Condon, and Ian A. Johnston. "Consequences of thermal acclimation for the mating behaviour and swimming performance of female mosquito fish." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362, no. 1487 (May 2007): 2131–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2106.

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The mating system of eastern mosquito fish ( Gambusia holbrooki ) is dominated by male sexual coercion, where all matings are forced and females never appear to cooperate and actively avoid all attempts. Previous research has shown that male G. holbrooki offer a model system for examining the benefits of reversible thermal acclimation for reproductive success, but examining the benefits to female avoidance behaviour has been difficult. In this study, we examined the ability of non-male-deprived female G. holbrooki to avoid forced–coercive matings following acclimation to either 18 or 30°C for six weeks (12 h light : 12 h dark photoperiod). Thermal acclimation of burst and sustained swimming performance was also assessed, as these traits are likely to underlie their ability to avoid forced matings. There was no influence of thermal acclimation on the burst swimming performance of female G. holbrooki over the range 18–30°C; however, sustained swimming performance was significantly lower in the warm- than the cool-acclimation group. For mating behaviour, we tested the hypothesis that acclimation would enhance the ability of female G. holbrooki to avoid forced matings at their host acclimation temperature relative to females acclimated to another environment. However, our hypothesis was not supported. The rate of copulations was almost three times greater for females acclimated to 30°C than 18°C when tested at 30°C, indicating that they possess the ability to alter their avoidance behaviour to ‘allow’ more copulations in some environments. Coupled with previous studies, female G. holbrooki appear to have greater control on the outcome of coercive mating attempts than previously considered and can alter their propensity to receive forced matings following thermal acclimation. The significance of this change in female mating-avoidance behaviours with thermal acclimation remains to be explored.

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Chowdanayaka, Rajanikanth, and Ramachandra Nallur Basappa. "Mating behaviour and mating signalling modalities in Drosophila nasuta." Animal Behaviour 197 (March 2023): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.12.010.

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Thomas, Jessica L., Marissa L. Parrott, Kathrine A. Handasyde, and Peter Temple-Smith. "Female control of reproductive behaviour in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), with notes on female competition for mating." Behaviour 155, no. 1 (2018): 27–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003476.

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Abstract Opportunities for studying platypus courtship and mating behaviours in the wild are limited due to the nocturnal and cryptic nature of this species. We report on platypus courtship and mating behaviour from a successful breeding program at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, in which platypuses were held as either breeding pairs or trios over seven years. Behaviour was recorded daily on infrared cameras resulting in over 80,000 h of footage that was analysed for activity periods, and courtship and mating behaviours including non-contact and contact courtship, mating and avoidance. Our aims were to describe and quantify courtship and mating interactions between males and females, and to determine if either sex controlled the initiation and continuation of the behaviours. From our observations, we describe a new courtship behaviour, non-contact courtship, which constituted the majority of all mating season interactions between males and females. The time between first and last appearance of a courtship and mating behaviour was 41.0 ± 6.6 days, with the females showing behavioural receptivity for 29.6 ± 5.1 days. Female platypuses used three evasive strategies in relation to approaches by males: avoidance, flight and resistance. Females controlled the duration of 79% of encounters using resistance. For the first time, two females were seen competing with each other over access to the male platypus in their enclosure and for nesting material. Time investment in courtship and mating behaviours was a poor indicator of receptivity and breeding success, and we suggest that breeding failure is more likely to be associated with failure of fertilisation, nest building, embryonic development or incubation. We describe how female platypuses demonstrate evasiveness and control of courtship and mating behaviours, and the importance of providing these opportunities in captivity to promote successful breeding.

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Liu, Bao-Jun, Jia-Fu Hu, Zhen-Yu Liu, Liang Xu, Quan Lu, Yong-Xia Li, and Xing-Yao Zhang. "Behavioural features of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in the mating process." Nematology 16, no. 8 (2014): 895–902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002816.

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The pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is able to produce hundreds of thousands of offspring in a short time. Its mating behaviour might play a basic role in this marked fecundity. We investigated the features of the mating behaviour of B. xylophilus using long-time microscope video and repeated observations. The mating behaviour of B. xylophilus could be separated into a series of sequential sub-behaviours, including cruising, approaching, encountering, touching, hooping, locating, attaching, ejaculating, separating, quiescence and roaming. Overall, the process of mating behaviour could be divided into four different phases, searching, contacting, copulating and lingering; the mean times for these different phases varied significantly with 21.8 ± 2.0 min, 28.0 ± 1.9 min, 23.6 ± 0.7 min and 7.2 ± 0.5 min for each of the four phases, respectively. Attraction between the sexes was observed, indicating that sex pheromone(s) might be involved in mating behaviour of B. xylophilus. In addition, when one female was placed with three males, male-male competition was observed, which might be caused by mating-choice pressure from the female. Intra-sexual competition of females was also occasionally observed.

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Adamo, Shelley A., and Ronald Chase. "Courtship and copulation in the terrestrial snail Helix aspersa." Canadian Journal of Zoology 66, no. 6 (June 1, 1988): 1446–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z88-211.

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Mating behaviour in Helix aspersa has three major components: introductory behaviour, dart shooting, and copulation. Introductory behaviour, which includes reciprocal tactile and oral contacts, lasts an average of 33.7 ± 23.3 (SD) min. Dart shooting, the pushing of a calcareous dart into the mating partner's body, occurs once for each snail per mating sequence. Snails that hit their partners during the first dart-shooting event copulated 14.5 ± 8.7 min after dart shooting, whereas snails that missed their partners took 40.5 ± 37.5 min to copulate. Dart shooting may facilitate mating by increasing behavioural synchrony. Copulation is reciprocal and has a duration of 421.8 ± 56.6 min. Spermatophores are transferred approximately 300 min after simultaneous intromission. There are significant differences in the mating behaviours of Helix aspersa and Helix pomatia.

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Padhye, Arvind A., Saowarose Imwidthaya, Charles D. Jeffries, and Libero Ajello. "Mating behaviour ofKeratinomyces ceretanicuswithArthroderma uncinatum." Medical Mycology 25, no. 4 (January 1987): 195–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02681218780000531.

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Karlsson, Anna, and Martin Haase. "The enigmatic mating behaviour and reproduction of a simultaneous hermaphrodite, the nudibranch Aeolidiella glauca (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)." Canadian Journal of Zoology 80, no. 2 (February 1, 2002): 260–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z02-001.

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Hermaphroditic mating behaviour is poorly investigated and understood, especially in internally fertilized species. This study describes the mating behaviour and reproduction of the simultaneous hermaphrodite Aeolidiella glauca. Unlike other nudibranchs, A. glauca was found to transfer sperm via external spermatophores that were attached to the partner's back. Despite an elaborate courtship, the actual spermatophore transfer, which always involved two animals only, was of short duration. In most matings (88%) spermatophores were reciprocally exchanged. Shortly after transfer the ventral spermatophore cover dissolved and some sperm gathered on the epidermis. A few even penetrated epidermal cells, occasionally causing considerable damage. Most sperm, however, migrated along the body surface towards the gonopore. Migrating sperm needed 45 h to reach and enter the gonopore, but sperm consumption by the recipient sometimes delayed this process. Almost 30% of spermatophores fell off soon after transfer, but spermatophores from reciprocal matings and those placed in certain positions stayed on for longer. Slugs mated readily with different partners and egg production was very high. However, sperm from a single mating may not suffice to fertilize all eggs. Aeolidiella glauca's unique mating behaviour may offer ample opportunities for both sperm competition and alternative sperm utilization.

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Gerhardt, H. Carl, Richard E. Daniel, Stephen A. Perrill, and Susan Schramm. "Mating behaviour and male mating success in the green treefrog." Animal Behaviour 35, no. 5 (October 1987): 1490–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0003-3472(87)80021-0.

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Paxton, Robert John. "Male mating behaviour and mating systems of bees: an overview." Apidologie 36, no. 2 (April 2005): 145–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/apido:2005007.

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MK, Ashraful. "Expression of the Emotions in Pigeons." Journal of Ethology & Animal Science 2, no. 1 (January 9, 2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/jeasc-16000104.

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Unexpressed emotions in dove showed its body expression 13 (81.25%) like incubating, tender, aggressive, feeding, regurgitation, flying, courtship, nesting, mating, post-mating, frightened, resting, and helpless where facial expression were only 3 (18.75%) out of 16 behaviours. Age-related characteristics were incubating, aggressive, regurgitation, courtship, nesting, mating, post-mating, and shame (50%). Except incubating, feeding, regurgitation, courtship, nesting, mating, and post-mating other behaviours were depended on environmental factors (56.25%) and genetical characteristics were 43.75%. Facial expressions were not seen for lacking facial muscles of the pigeons. Only aggressive and mating behaviour were prominent by observing the puffing of the feathers.

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Pompilio, Lorena, Martín González Franco, Lucía B. Chisari, and Gabriel Manrique. "Female choosiness and mating opportunities in the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus." Behaviour 153, no. 15 (2016): 1863–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003395.

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We investigated the relationship between female choosiness and mating opportunities in the blood sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus. Rhodnius prolixus females exhibit active discrimination behaviour to male mating attempts which delays or prevents copulation. Female rejection behaviours can be beneficial if mating opportunities are readily available and the pool of males varies in their quality. Thus, the benefits of finding a better quality male may override the cost of rejecting a mating opportunity. Since the availability of mating opportunities is affected by the ratio of sexually active males to females, we randomly assigned focal pairs to arenas with a sex ratio biased toward males, females or without other individuals. More females exhibited rejection behaviour when conspecifics were present, however, no differences were found when the sex ratio was biased toward either males or females. We discuss possible explanations for these results and hypothesize about the adaptive function of female rejection behaviour.

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Ovidio, Michaël, Jean-Claude Philippart, Billy Nzau Matondo, and Pascal Poncin. "Hybridization behaviour between two common European cyprinid fish species – silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna and common bream, Abramis brama – in a controlled environment." Animal Biology 59, no. 1 (2009): 97–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157075609x417125.

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AbstractThe egg release–mating comparison, heterospecific matings and mating success under two hybridization conditions – (i) mixing one sex per species and (ii) mixing both sexes from each species – were investigated to determine whether silver bream Blicca bjoerkna and common bream Abramis brama can hybridize in nature.The results revealed that non-matings in hybridization experiments of silver bream females × common bream males can be explained by territorial and aggressiveness activities observed in common bream. In common bream females × silver bream males, heterospecific matings were observed but their numbers were significantly lower than the spawning numbers, and in this experiment, a female mated with one to four heterospecific males. In mixing both sexes from both species, similar spawning – mating numbers were observed but heterospecific matings accounted for only 27% of the total matings, with 24% accounting for heterospecific matings between common bream females and silver bream males, directly or by opportunism. Mating success was characterized by the occurrence of fertilized eggs after matings.Natural hybridization occurred preferentially between common bream females and silver bream males.

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Otronen, Merja. "Female Mating Behaviour and Multiple Matings in the Fly, Dryomyza Anilis." Behaviour 111, no. 1-4 (1989): 77–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853989x00592.

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Nzau Matondo, Billy, Michaël Ovidio, Jean Claude Philippart, and Pascal Poncin. "Spawning behaviour and mating success in hybrids of silver bream (Blicca bjoerkna L.) and rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus L.) in an experimental environment." Animal Biology 63, no. 2 (2013): 119–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15707563-00002399.

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The egg-release, mating, courting and aggressive acts for the spawning behaviour as well as the survival rates after spawning at stages of eyed embryos, viable hatchlings, and larvae to dry food consumption for the mating success were studied in cultured silver bream Blicca bjoerkna × rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus hybrids at their first sexual maturity. Experiments were conducted in experimental environments simulating natural reproductive conditions of the parental species. Spawning behaviour was analysed over 1 day from 8.00 to 18.00 hours using a remote-controlled video. Mating success was assessed from eggs and hatched embryos collected on the spawning ground. The results showed that these hybrids exhibited all the reproductive behaviours of the parental species with significantly more courtship than mating. Each egg-release act was accompanied by mating behaviour, involving all the experimental males. A surprising aggressive behaviour was observed in one male which attacked all other experimental fish. Successful mating resulted in the presence of fertilized eggs, the production of hatched embryos in experiments, and the survival of larvae at the dry food consumption stage. However, the low viable hatchling rate observed could indicate a very low chance of survival for these hybrids in rivers in which the occurrence of post-F1 individuals may be more possible by backcrossing.

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Kilgour, RJ. "Mating behaviour of rams in pens." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 25, no. 2 (1985): 298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9850298.

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Two experiments were carried out to measure the mating behaviour of rams in pens. In the first, rams were tested for 1 or 3 h in a large number of tests, and records were taken of the number of mounts per test, serves per test, the ratio of mounts to serves, and the various time intervals between sexual activities. The number of serves per test was the most highly repeatable measure (0.66 �. 0.16 (� s.e.) for tests of 1 h and 0.66 � 0.18 for tests of 3 h). Up to two introductory tests were required to allow rams to overcome apprehension and then to demonstrate their true serving behaviour. Tests of 20 min did not always detect differences between rams in serving behaviour. In the second experiment, the above results were validated on a large number of rams. It was further shown that the heritability of the number of serves per test was 0.33 � 0.62. The frequency distribution of serves per test was shown to be skewed to the right.

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Kingan, T. G., P. A. Thomas-Laemont, and A. K. Raina. "MALE ACCESSORY GLAND FACTORS ELICIT CHANGE FROM ‘VIRGIN’ TO ‘MATED’ BEHAVIOUR IN THE FEMALE CORN EARWORM MOTH HELICOVERPA ZEA." Journal of Experimental Biology 183, no. 1 (October 1, 1993): 61–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.183.1.61.

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After mating, the females of many species of moths become depleted of sex pheromone, calling behaviour is terminated, and they become transiently or permanently unreceptive to additional matings. In the corn earworm moth, Helicoverpa zea, we have found that the male accessory gland/duplex is required for evoking the post-mating depletion of sex pheromone but apparently not for the cessation of calling. The latter change requires the receipt of a spermatophore or a chemical messenger derived from non-accessory gland/duplex sources. Desalted extracts of combined accessory glands and duplexes caused a depletion of pheromone in injected females. Proteinaceous components in extracts purified by fractionation in cation-exchange cartridges and by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromotography retain their pheromonostatic activity. In addition, this fractionated material shuts off calling behaviour and prevents mating in injected females, raising the possibility that redundant mechanisms exist in eliciting the different components of ‘mated’ behaviour.

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Richardson, Matthew B. G., David J. Ayre, and Robert J. Whelan. "Pollinator behaviour, mate choice and the realised mating systems of Grevillea mucronulata and Grevillea sphacelata." Australian Journal of Botany 48, no. 3 (2000): 357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt98078.

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Successful long-term conservation and management of populations of plants requires successful management of the suite of factors that determine their ‘realised’ mating systems. Within the genus Grevillea, mating systems are potentially complex. They may vary among species and among populations within a species, reflecting variation in pollinator behaviour and diversity (‘potential’ mating systems) and in breeding system (the ‘preferred’ mating system). We used a combination of pollinator observations, pollination experiments and electrophoretic analysis of seed from open pollinations, to examine variation in potential and preferred mating systems in two populations of each of two ‘spider-flowered’ Grevillea species: G. mucronulata (visited by honeyeaters and honeybees, although only birds effected pollen removal and transfer) and G. sphacelata (visited only by honeybees, which made frequent contact with pollen and stigmas). Almost all observed bird and insect foraging bouts on either species involved movements among inflorescences within plants or among inflorescences on closely neighbouring plants. On the basis of these data, the mating system was predicted to involve a high level of selfing or inbreeding. However, the pollination experiment revealed that both species were highly self-incompatible and showed a clear preference for outcross pollen in mate-choice experiments. For both species, fruit set through autogamy was lower than 0.7% and fruit set from self-pollinations was always significantly lower than for outcross pollinations (0–11% cf. 25–33% for G. mucronulata and 0% cf. 4.2–8.8% for G. sphacelata). Allozyme studies revealed that genotypes in open-pollinated seeds on 20 G. mucronulata and 20 G. sphacelata plants were surprisingly uniform, best explained by outcrossed matings between close neighbours. We found little between-population variation in any aspect of the mating system for either species. These studies reveal that the preferred mating system of the plant and the pattern of pollinator behaviour interact to determine the mating system in a population, emphasising the need for a multifaceted investigation of mating systems, especially in predicting the fates of populations that have pollination systems altered by disturbance, small size, isolation and introduced species such as the honeybee.

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Haubruge, Eric, and Ludovic Arnaud. "MATING BEHAVIOUR AND MALE MATE CHOICE IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)." Behaviour 136, no. 1 (1999): 67–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853999500677.

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Mate choice by males has received less attention than female choice, despite the recognition that males can incur non-trivial reproductive costs through mating. In this study we investigate male mate choice in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. We determine whether male beetles have evolved sensitivity that enables them to discriminate between females and we then examine how males discriminate between females that present different reproductive potentials. Recently-emerged adult females are immature, and we investigate when egg-laying maturity develops, and whether male mating attempts with immature females provide reproductive pay-offs. We show that males are the sex most likely to initiate mating attempts (more than 85% of male-female contacts are male-initiated). Therefore, we test male mating initiations when presented with choices between: (i) immature and mature virgin females; (ii) mature virgin females and previously mated mature females; and (iii) mature females previously mated either with different male or with the test males. Last male sperm precedence exists in T. castaneum and females are polyandrous. Matings with immature females are therefore likely to generate lower fertilization successes than matings with mature females. Furthermore, males are likely to achieve higher total fertilization success when they mate if they precede a rival male's sperm than if they precede their own sperm. Accordingly, we find that: (i) males copulate more frequently with mature, than with immature females; (ii) males do differentiate between virgin and mated females; and (iii) males prefer females that have been inseminated by a different male to those previously inseminated by the test males themselves. The results demonstrate that male T. castaneum recognise female status, display mate choice, and prefer to inseminate females which provide greater reproductive potential.

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Meguro, Yu-ichiro, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yoshiyasu Machida, Hokuto Shirakawa, Michelle R. Gaither, and Akira Goto. "Assortative mating and divergent male courtship behaviours between two cryptic species of nine-spined sticklebacks (genus Pungitius)." Behaviour 153, no. 15 (2016): 1879–911. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003396.

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Assortative mating based on ecologically divergent traits is a major driver of speciation among three-spined sticklebacks, however, little is known about reproductive isolation and variations in courtship behaviour among nine-spined sticklebacks. Here we demonstrate assortative mating and divergent courtship behaviours between two cryptic species of nine-spined sticklebacks using no-choice mate trials and kinematic analyses. Strong assortative mating was demonstrated in our tank experiments, highlighting the importance of prezygotic reproductive isolation in these species. Kinematic analyses showed that the freshwater type exhibited aggressive courtship behaviour with frequent ‘Attacking’ and spent more time exhibiting displacement activities. In contrast, the brackish-water type demonstrated a higher frequency of the ‘Zigzag-dance’ and ‘Nest-showing’. Our study highlights the value of nine-spined sticklebacks as a comparative system for the study of speciation and paves the way for future studies on the role of courtship behaviours and assortative mating in the evolution of sticklebacks.

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RAMALHO, RENAN AUGUSTO. "Mating behaviour of the lizard Ameiva ameiva in Brazil." Herpetological Bulletin, no. 158, Winter 2021 (December 31, 2021): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.33256/hb158.15.

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The courtship and copulation behaviours of the lizard Ameiva ameiva is described from field observations made at various locations in Brazil. In males, the main behaviours observed during one observation of courtship were head bobbing, circling and walking over the females, rubbing his body against the female, mounting, and dismounting. Females generally remain passive throughout courtship. The reproductive behaviour of A. ameiva resembles that of other teiids, however males exhibit some behavioural peculiarities, such as circling the female to restrict her movements, no cloacal rubbing against the ground, and no biting during copulation.

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Rosso, Lia, Laurent Keller, Henrik Kaessmann, and Robert L. Hammond. "Mating system and avpr1a promoter variation in primates." Biology Letters 4, no. 4 (April 22, 2008): 375–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0122.

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It has been suggested that primate mating and social behaviours may be influenced by variation in promoter region repetitive DNA of the vasopressin receptor 1a gene ( avpr1a ). We show that male mating behaviour does not covary in a simple way with promoter repetitive DNA in 12 Old World primates. We found that one microsatellite (−553 bp upstream) was present in all species, irrespective of their behaviour. By contrast, two microsatellites (−3956 and −3625 bp upstream) were present only in some species, yet this variation did not correlate with behaviour. These findings agree with a recent comparative analysis of voles and show that the variation in repetitive DNA in the avpr1a promoter region does not generally explain variation in male mating behaviour. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a GAGTA motif that has been independently deleted three times and involved in another larger deletion. Importantly, the presence/absence of this GAGTA motif leads to changes in predicted transcription factor-binding sites. Given the repeated loss of this motif, we speculate that it might be of functional relevance. We suggest that such non-repetitive variation, either in indels or in sequence variation, are likely to be important in explaining interspecific variation in avpr1a expression.

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McLachlan, Athol J. "Homosexual Pairing within a Swarm-Based Mating System: The Case of the Chironomid Midge." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2011 (2011): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/854820.

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Homosexuality has been dubbed the Darwinian paradox, because it raises the question of how behaviour that would seem to reduce the chance of successful mating can be maintained by natural selection. This question rests on the assumption that same sex mating is the result of active choice of partner, hardwired into the mating behaviour, but there is an alternative explanation for such behaviour. I refer to the possibility that same-sex mating is the result, not of adaptive behaviour at all, but rather of errors due to imprecise sensory machinery. Such an explanation finds support within the mating system of insects with swarm-based mating systems. To explore this case, I turn to the common chironomid midge. I show that homosexual pairing here, exclusively involving male/male pairs, is common. I attempt to show that this observation, together with data on insect predators of swarming midges, can be used to penetrate the mysteries of this fascinating but elusive mating system.

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Chaudhary, D. D., G. Mishra, and Omkar. "Influence of food availability on mate-guarding behaviour of ladybirds." Bulletin of Entomological Research 108, no. 6 (February 8, 2018): 800–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485318000056.

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AbstractA recent study on ladybird,Menochilus sexmaculatus(Fabricius) demonstrates that males perform post-copulatory mate guarding in the form of prolonged mating durations. We investigated whether food resource fluctuation affects pre- and post-copulatory behaviour ofM. sexmaculatus. It has not been studied before in ladybirds. For this, adults were subjected to prey resource fluctuations sequentially at three levels: post-emergence (Poe; 10 days), pre-mating (Prm; 24 h) and post-mating (Pom; 5 days; only female). The food resource conditions at each level could be any one of scarce, optimal or abundant. Pre-copulatory and post-copulatory behaviour, and reproductive output were assessed. Post-emergence and pre-mating nutrient conditions significantly influenced the pre-copulatory behaviour. Males reared on scarce post-emergence conditions were found to require significantly higher number of mating attempts to establish mating unlike males in the other two food conditions. Under scarce post-emergence and pre-mating conditions, time to commencement of mating and latent period were high but opposite result was obtained for mate-guarding duration. Fecundity and per cent egg viability were more influenced by post-mating conditions, with scarce conditions stopping oviposition regardless of pre-mating and post-emergence conditions. Present results indicate that pre- and post-copulatory behaviour of ladybird is plastic in nature in response to food resource fluctuations.

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Gerencsér, Matics, Szabó, Kustos, Mikó, Nagy, Odermatt, Atkári, and Szendrő. "Aggressiveness, Mating Behaviour and Lifespan of Group Housed Rabbit Does." Animals 9, no. 10 (September 20, 2019): 708. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9100708.

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Aggressiveness is one of the main problems in group housing of rabbit does. The aim of the experiment was to investigate the frequency of aggressiveness and mating behaviour as well as the lifespan of does depending on group composition. The female and male rabbits were housed in one of the 7.7 m2 pens (four females and one male per pen). Based on the ages of female rabbits two homogenous groups (HOM) were formed containing four 17-week-old females and two heterogeneous groups (HET) containing three 17-week-old and one 1-year-old female. Twenty-four-hour video recordings were taken during the first month after assembling the groups, and the aggressive actions (fights) and matings were counted. The lifespan was examined over a 200-day experimental period. On the day after assembling the groups the number of fights among does was high in HET group. The same aggressive behaviour only started a week later in HOM group, and some fights between females and the male were also observed. The daily peaks of aggressiveness were in the morning (after the light on) and in the evening (before and after the lights off). The primary position of females in the hierarchy was clear but sometimes no differences were detected among the subordinate females. The mortality of does was connected with their rank order. The number of matings was very high on the day of assembling the groups and a second small peak was observed at the end of the hypothetical pseudo-pregnancy. In addition to mating between male and females, female–female and female–male mounting was also observed. Despite of the small sample size it seems that aggressive behaviour is frequent in group housing systems, which is contrary to animal welfare. Natural mating is not effective in group-housing system.

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DOHERTY, Helen M., and Dinah F. HALES. "Mating success and mating behaviour of the aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)." European Journal of Entomology 99, no. 1 (March 15, 2002): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/eje.2002.006.

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MAXWELL, MICHAEL R. "Lifetime mating opportunities and male mating behaviour in sexually cannibalistic praying mantids." Animal Behaviour 55, no. 4 (April 1998): 1011–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1997.0671.

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Löfstedt, Christer, Camilla Ryne, Jun-Wei Zhu, and Stefan Van Dongen. "SPERMATOPHORE SIZE AND MULTIPLE MATING: EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND POST-MATING BEHAVIOUR IN THE INDIAN MEAL MOTH." Behaviour 138, no. 8 (2001): 947–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853901753286506.

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AbstractEnsuring fatherhood is an important issue in polygamous species. In many lepidopteran species, the male inserts a large package (spermatophore) consisting of sperm, accessory gland fluids and nutrients into the female's bursa copulatrix during copulation. In most species it has been shown that a large male donation causes females either to stop calling, or to prolong the time until re-mating, hereby ensuring fatherhood. We investigated the changes in size of the donation in multiple mating and how the size affected the female post mating behaviour in the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella. In concordance with other previous studies, we found that a male inserted a significantly larger donation during the first mating compared to following mating occasions. The larger donation was not coupled with larval output since it did not decline during mating occasions. Some males were able to mate at least eight times and male fitness, counted as larval output, showed no association with sequence of mating number. Even though females received larger donations during the first mating, there was no effect on female post mating behaviour in terms of pheromone production and calling behaviour. The weight of the mated female's bursa copulatrix decreased linearly over the first eight days after mating, suggesting that females absorb material other than sperm. We discuss the female advantage of receiving a large donation and why males invest more energy into the first mating while female post-mating behaviour is not affected.

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Kindle, Tashika K., Kristen M. Johnson, Tracie M. Ivy, Carie B. Weddle, and Scott K. Sakaluk. "Female mating frequency increases with temperature in two cricket species, Gryllodes sigillatus and Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)." Canadian Journal of Zoology 84, no. 9 (September 2006): 1345–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z06-127.

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Although the effect of temperature on calling song of male crickets has been widely studied, its influence on female mating behaviour remains largely unexplored. We examined the effect of varying temperature on female mating frequency in two cricket species ( Gryllodes sigillatus (F. Walker, 1869) (= Gryllodes supplicans (F. Walker, 1859)) and Acheta domesticus L., 1758) by providing females with multiple mating partners and recording the number of matings over 72 h intervals using time-lapse video recording. Female mating frequency increased with temperature in both species, but increased more steeply in A. domesticus than in G. sigillatus. Temperature accounted for approximately 50% of the variation in female mating frequency. These results suggest that the threshold for mating in females is temperature dependent, such that at lower temperatures only certain males are able to elicit the female mounting response required for successful mating. If temperature affects female selectivity, then male mating success in different seasons may vary, with a wider range of males gaining the opportunity to copulate at warmer times of the year. Consequently, the intensity of sexual selection may vary seasonally.

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Patel, M., N. Das, H. N. Pandey, M. C. Yadav, and P. S. Girish. "Ram Mating Behaviour under Different Social Conditions." Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 20, no. 1 (November 27, 2006): 112–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2007.112.

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Sørdalen, Tonje K., Kim T. Halvorsen, Hugo B. Harrison, Charlie D. Ellis, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad, Halvor Knutsen, Even Moland, and Esben M. Olsen. "Harvesting changes mating behaviour in European lobster." Evolutionary Applications 11, no. 6 (March 22, 2018): 963–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12611.

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von Cosel, Rudo, and Alan J. Kohn. "Mating behaviour of Conus cingulatus Lamarck, 1810." Journal of Molluscan Studies 79, no. 1 (December 12, 2012): 79–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eys032.

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Walther, Fritz. "THE MATING BEHAVIOUR OF CERTAIN HORNED ANIMALS." International Zoo Yearbook 3, no. 1 (June 28, 2008): 70–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1090.1962.tb03398.x.

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Jennings, A. C., C. L. McLay, and A. M. Brockerhoff. "Mating behaviour of Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Brachyura: Ocypodidae)." Marine Biology 137, no. 2 (September 15, 2000): 267–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270000363.

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Hirt, Kristina, Jasmin Ruch, and Jutta M. Schneider. "Strategic male mating behaviour in Argiope lobata." Animal Behaviour 124 (February 2017): 27–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.030.

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Casaretto, Licia, Marta Picciulin, and Anthony D. Hawkins. "Mating behaviour by the haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)." Environmental Biology of Fishes 98, no. 3 (August 22, 2014): 913–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0327-7.

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GALLI, ELISABETTA. "Mating behaviour inTetraneura nigriabdominalisSasaki (=akinireSasaki) (Hemiptera, Pemphiginae)." Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 34, no. 2-3 (November 1998): 173–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1998.9652650.

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Souza Bujes, Clóvis. "Mating behaviour of Teius oculatus (Sauria, Teiidae)." Amphibia-Reptilia 19, no. 2 (1998): 220–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853898x00502.

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Edvardsson, Martin, Fleur E. Champion de Crespigny, and Tom Tregenza. "Mating Behaviour: Promiscuous Mothers Have Healthier Young." Current Biology 17, no. 2 (January 2007): R66—R67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.018.

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Rupp, J. C. "Parasite-altered behaviour: impact of infection and starvation on mating inBiomphalaria glabrata." Parasitology 113, no. 4 (October 1996): 357–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000066506.

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SUMMARYVery little is known about parasite-altered mating behaviour. This paper describes two experiments on the impact of infection and starvation on mating inBiomphalaria glabratasnails. In the first experiment, snails were infected with the parasitic trematodeSchistosoma mansoni. During both the early and the late stages of infection, snails were allowed to mate with individuals of the same infection status and uninfected controls. Their mating activities were filmed and later analysed. The mating frequencies of patently infected (shedding) snails were found to be lower than those of controls. This is thought to result from stress induced by the pathology. Successfully infected snails were found to mate more often as males than as females. This is seen as a compensation for the reduced fecundity caused by trematode infection. Successfully infected snails also exhibited partner choice. More matings were found between snails of the opposite infection status than among snails of the same infection status. This may be explained by the good genes hypothesis and can be seen as a specific response to schistosome infection. In the second experiment, starved snails were allowed to mate with starved and control snails. They mated less often than controls and more often as males than as females, controls showing the opposite pattern. This may be considered to be a general stress response. No partner choice has been found with starved snails. It is suggested that partner choice in infected snails occurs in response to specific rather than general stress.

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Connell, K. A., U. Munro, and F. R. Torpy. "Daytime behaviour of the grey-headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck (Pteropodidae: Megachiroptera) at an autumn/winter roost." Australian Mammalogy 28, no. 1 (2006): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am06002.

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The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck) is a threatened large fruit bat endemic to Australia. It roosts in large colonies in rainforest patches, mangroves, open forest, riparian woodland and, as native habitat is reduced, increasingly in vegetation within urban environments. The general biology, ecology and behaviour of this bat remain largely unknown, which makes it difficult to effectively monitor, protect and manage this species. The current study provides baseline information on the daytime behaviour of P. poliocephalus in an autumn/winter roost in urban Sydney, Australia, between April and August 2003. The most common daytime behaviours expressed by the flying foxes were sleeping (most common), grooming, mating/courtship, and wing spreading (least common). Behaviours differed significantly between times of day and seasons (autumn and winter). Active behaviours (i.e., grooming, mating/courtship, wing spreading) occurred mainly in the morning, while sleeping predominated in the afternoon. Mating/courtship and wing spreading were significantly higher in April (reproductive period) than in winter (non-reproductive period). Grooming was the only behaviour that showed no significant variation between sample periods. These results provide important baseline data for future comparative studies on the behaviours of flying foxes from urban and ?natural? camps, and the development of management strategies for this species.

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de Jager, Marinus L., and Allan G. Ellis. "Costs of deception and learned resistance in deceptive interactions." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281, no. 1779 (March 22, 2014): 20132861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2861.

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The costs that species suffer when deceived are expected to drive learned resistance, although this relationship has seldom been studied experimentally. Flowers that elicit mating behaviour from male insects by mimicking conspecific females provide an ideal system for such investigation. Here, we explore interactions between a sexually deceptive daisy with multiple floral forms that vary in deceptiveness, and the male flies that pollinate it. We show that male pollinators are negatively impacted by the interaction, suffering potential mating costs in terms of their ability and time taken to locate genuine females within deceptive inflorescences. The severity of these costs is determined by the amount of mating behaviour elicited by deceptive inflorescences. However, inexperienced male flies exhibit the ability to learn to discriminate the most deceptive inflorescences as female mimics and subsequently reduce the amount of mating behaviour they exhibit on them with increased exposure. Experienced males, which interact with sexually deceptive forms naturally, exhibit similar patterns of reduced mating behaviour on deceptive inflorescences in multiple populations, indicating that pollinator learning is widespread. As sexually deceptive plants are typically dependent on the elicitation of mating behaviour from male pollinators for pollination, this may result in antagonistic coevolution within these systems.

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Shakeel, M., X. Z. He, N. A. Martin, A. Hanan, and Q. Wang. "Mating behaviour of the European leafminer Scaptomyza flava (Diptera Drosophilidae)." New Zealand Plant Protection 63 (August 1, 2010): 108–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.30843/nzpp.2010.63.6549.

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European leafminer Scaptomyza flava (Falln) is an important pest of brassicas peas and gypsophila in New Zealand This study examined the mating behaviour of this species for the first time under laboratory conditions Males were the active sex in the entire mating behavioural sequence involving approaching courting and mounting females and copulation Copulation lasted for about 20 min There was no significant difference in pre courtship courtship and mating durations between virgin and mated males However mated males were significantly more likely to perform courtship and to achieve mating than virgin ones It is suggested that males learn from mating experience which helps them achieve higher mating success Both virgin and mated males tended to disrupt mating couples but could not separate them

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Soldatenko, E. V., and A. A. Petrov. "Mating and morphology of the copulatory apparatus in Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)." Zoosystematica Rossica 22, no. 2 (December 25, 2013): 153–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2013.22.2.153.

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This paper examines mating behaviour and copulatory mechanics (including insemination) in Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) and presents a revised description of its copulatory apparatus. The taxonomic position of the genus Planorbarius within the Basommatophora is discussed. The study shows that although P. corneus is similar to Planorbella (Seminolina) duryi (Wetherby, 1879) in the structure of the shell, copulatory apparatus, mating behaviour and even mating positions, they have different mechanisms of intromission. The analysis of morphology and mating behaviour does not support a close phylogenetic affinity of Planorbarius to the family Bulinidae P. Fischer et Crosse, 1880 and Planorbidae Rafinesque, 1815.

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de Juana, Concepción, and M. Dolores Ochando. "Influence of Ocular Morphology on Mating Speed and Duration of Copulation in Drosophila Melanogaster." Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40, no. 3 (1987): 271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bi9870271.

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The possible effects on the sexual behaviour of D. melanogaster of mutants in which sensory organs needed for mating are affected were studied. Four ocular mutants were used and two parameters of sexual behaviour were measured: mating speed and duration of copulation. A clear influence of the mutants was observed on mating speed but not on duration of copulation. The influence on mating speed was greater for the mutants with more severe morphological phenotypes.

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RÄTTI, Osmo, and Pirkko SKAMÄKI. "Female Attraction Behaviour of Radio Tagged Polyterritorial Pied Flycatcher Males." Behaviour 127, no. 3-4 (1993): 279–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853993x00065.

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AbstractPolygynous mating is costly for pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) females. Thus, females have a good reason to attempt to avoid mating with already mated polyterritorial males. One cue to disclose a male's mating status is his behaviour. The behaviour of polyterritorial and unmated males was studied by radio tagging that allows accurate recording of male movements. While attracting a secondary female polyterritorial males spent significantly less time on the secondary territory than did unmated males on their single territory. Polyterritorial males also tended to have lower song rates. When a female appeared on the secondary territory of polyterritorial males, they increased the proportion of time spent there, and as a result the difference between polyterritorial and unmated males was not significant. A female might potentially be able to estimate a male's mating status on basis of male presence at the territory, but only if she does not reveal herself. Still, the variation and overlap in male behaviour between mating categories may make it difficult for her to obtain reliable information about the mating status of a male.

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