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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Pre-copulatory"”.
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PRE- AND POST-COPULATORY SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE TORTOISE BEETLE ACROMIS SPARSA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)
… is dependent on traits used during both the pre-copulatory processes influencing mate acquisition, as well as the post-copulatory processes influencing fertilization. However, few studies have simultaneously examined pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection within a particular species, and …
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PRE- AND POST-COPULATORY SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE TORTOISE BEETLE ACROMIS SPARSA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)
… is dependent on traits used during both the pre-copulatory processes influencing mate acquisition, as well as the post-copulatory processes influencing fertilization. However, few studies have simultaneously examined pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection within a particular species, and …
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The evolution of mating systems in black scavenger flies (Diptera: Sepsidae)
… females. In a study of the patterns of sperm precedence in one sepsid species, I found that the sepsids' peculiar timing of matings is not associated with unusual patterns of sperm precedence: sepsid males displace rival sperm and achieve a large last male advantage, which is the most common …
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The Social System of the Round-Eared Sengi(Macroscelides proboscideus)
In the present study, I investigated the social system of the round-eared sengi (Macroscelides proboscideus), a small crepuscular mammal that lives in deserts and semi-deserts in Southern Africa. For studying the evolution of monogamy in this species, I determined the social organisation and male …
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Aspects of the Behavioural Ccology of Stegobium paniceum (L.) (Coleoptera Anobiidae)
… experiment. The pheromone system (discovered by previous authors) was found to be situated in the female abdomen. The mating efficiency of both sexes was found to increase steadily with age after adult eclosion, reaching a peak at 9 days. Female pheromone production/release was significantly …
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Concrete ecological enhancement in the temperate marine environment
… they affect biodiversity on urban coastlines in previously unquantified ways on the south coast of England. It will also examine how one of the most used engineering materials, concrete, may affect biological colonisation and the impacts colonisation may have on a concrete substrate in the marine …