Maintenance
All wikis at Biowikifarm are in read-only mode due to the restoration after a severe cyberattack in October 2023.
After 1 year being shut down the Biowikifarm is online again.
You see the latest restored version from 18th October 2023.
Difference between revisions of "Ecological Entomology (2000) 25, 279-284"
(command-line import) |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Publication | {{Publication | ||
− | |Publication authors=Roy Kaspi, Phillip W. Taylor and Boaz Yuval | + | |Publication authors=Roy Kaspi, [[Phillip W. Taylor]] and Boaz Yuval |
+ | |Author Page=Phillip W. Taylor | ||
|Publication date=2000 | |Publication date=2000 | ||
|dc:title=Diet and size influence sexual advertisement and copulatory success of males in Mediterranean fruit fly leks | |dc:title=Diet and size influence sexual advertisement and copulatory success of males in Mediterranean fruit fly leks |
Revision as of 23:08, 28 February 2019
Roy Kaspi, Phillip W. Taylor and Boaz Yuval (2000)
Diet and size influence sexual advertisement and copulatory success of males in Mediterranean fruit fly leks
Ecological Entomology 25 (3), 279-284
Abstract: 1. The objective of the work reported here was to test the hypothesis that in insects that invest considerable energy in sexual displays and courtship, foraging successfully for food affects their subsequent performance and copulatory success in leks. Accordingly, the interactions between body size and diet on initiation of lekking behaviour and copulatory success in male Mediterranean fruit flies Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) were investigated.
2. Protein-fed males were heavier and contained more protein and less lipid reserves than protein-deprived males. Protein-fed males were more likely to emit pheromone in leks and, consequently, were more likely to copulate than protein-deprived males. Furthermore, protein-fed males tended to start calling earlier than their nutritionally deprived competitors.
3. Though size was not related to initiation of lek behaviour, large males were more likely to copulate than small males. Among protein-fed males, large individuals tended to mate earlier than smaller individuals.
4. Generally, in lek mating systems where a considerable investment of time and energy is required by males, foraging successfully for nutritional resources prior to engaging in territorial or courtship behaviour is essential for reproductive success.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)
Link to article at publishers website
Database assignments for author(s): Phillip W. Taylor
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
environment - cropping system/rotation
Pest and/or beneficial records:
Beneficial | Pest/Disease/Weed | Crop/Product | Country | Quarant.
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Ceratitis capitata | Israel |