reproductive success
Baculum morphology predicts reproductive success of male house mice under sexual selection
... of reproductive success for male house mice under conditions of intense postcopulatory sexual selection, which is consistent with relatively high intraspecific variation [16,17] and positive allometry ...
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Factors influencing brown trout reproductive success in Ozark tailwater rivers
... waters may negatively affect brown trout survival, it is unlikely that other spawning microhabitat characteristics contribute to lower survival be- cause the values we measured for depth, mean ve- locity, substrate size, ...
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The effects of plant defensive chemistry on nutrient availability predict reproductive success in a mammal
... Ganzhorn 1992, Bryant 2003). Thus, it is often assumed that PSMs have fitness consequences for herbivorous mammals, an assumption that is fundamental to ideas about evolutionary ‘‘arms races’’ between plants and ...
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Genetic analysis of male reproductive success in relation to density in the zebrafish, Danio rerio
... Despite the wealth of genetic studies conducted on zebrafish, this is the first time a genetic parentage analysis has been applied to understanding their mating system. This study also serves as an example of how genetic ...
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Genetic variation of male reproductive success in a laboratory population of Anopheles gambiae
... male reproductive success was partitioned into two separate components, referred to as (i) mating success and (ii) fertilization ...mating success, is determined by a male's ability to catch a ...
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Effects of the aerial application of 1080 to control pest mammals on kea reproductive success
... Many populations of New Zealand forest birds within large tracts of native forest are primarily limited by, and declining because of, predation by introduced mammals (Innes et al. 2010). Controlling such predators is ...
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Reproductive success, dimorphism and sex allocation in the brown falcon Falco berigora
... immature birds inferior to adults in both areas. However, interannual differences were by far the most influential factor on breeding success and female survival. Heavy rain downpours were implicated as the main ...
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Coordinated parental provisioning is related to feeding rate and reproductive success in a songbird
... 1 Coordination of parental provisioning behavior is associated with enhanced food delivery 2 rate and increased reproductive success in a passerine bird 3 Short title: Parental coordinat[r] ...
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Parental exposure to elevated pCO2 influences the reproductive success of copepods
... in reproductive success seen between the different experimental designs within this present study, there is a clear need for further research in this area to prevent misrepresentation and error ...copepod ...
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Reproductive success in two species of desert fleas: density dependence and host effect
... Results from this study conform well to the difference between natural populations of X. conformis and X. ramesis in the strategy of choosing between M. crassus and G. dasyurus (Krasnov et al., 2003b). At low densities, ...
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Female Song Rate and Structure Predict Reproductive Success in a Socially Monogamous Bird
... female reproductive success is not constrained by the number of mates, but by access to resources and parental investment (Bateman, 1948; Trivers, ...
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Transinfected Wolbachia have minimal effects on male reproductive success in Aedes aegypti
... Males from the previous mating and reproductive success experiments were exposed to a second cohort of females. Previous research suggested that male Ae. aegypti could replenish seminal stocks within three ...
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Experimental reduction of intromittent organ length reduces male reproductive success in a bug
... fertilization success relative to that of their rivals (whereas the ‘lock and key’ hypothesis for genital evolution is not well sup- ported ...with reproductive success (see [7] for examples of male ...
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Understanding stable bi-female grouping in gibbons: feeding competition and reproductive success
... It has been argued that the benefits of living in permanent groups include enhanced predator avoidance, foraging ad- vantages, and avoidance of conspecific threat (e.g., infanti- cide), while the main cost of living in ...
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Experimental reduction of intromittent organ length reduces male reproductive success in a bug
... fertilization success relative to that of their rivals (whereas the ‘lock and key’ hypothesis for genital evolution is not well sup- ported ...with reproductive success (see [7] for examples of male ...
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Comparison of male reproductive success in malaria refractory and susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae
... in reproductive success among ...in reproductive success among males probably reflect varia- tion in the larval environment, genetics and parental ...
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Variation in reproductive success across captive populations : methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities
... removed 21 days after the last laid egg was laid if they failed to hatch, and offspring were removed from their parents when they reached independence. One clutch from each pair was removed as part of their study, but ...
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The effects of patch shape and connectivity on nest site selection and reproductive success of the Indigo Bunting
... Habitat selection is an adaptive decision that leads to increased fitness and reproductive success (Cody 1985). Through natural selective processes, birds have presumably evolved to associate cues, such as ...
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Reproductive success and demography of the Orange bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
... habitat. However, the relatively high level of aggressive and exclusive nest competition by introduced species at Birchs Inlet, particularly compared to Melaleuca, could well have contributed to this decline. Currently, ...
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Maternal and environmental influences on reproductive success of a viviparous grassland lizard
... undergoing reproductive senescence, although age and size influences on reproductive success are hard to tease ...for reproductive senescence in Oligosoma maccanni and other viviparous ...
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