Condition-dependent female remating resistance generates sexual selection on male size in a ladybird beetle

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Behavioural resistance to remating by females is common, but the causes and consequences of resistance are rarely explained. Prominent hypotheses include resistance as a means of avoiding costly and superfluous mating, or as a means of biasing mating towards high-quality males. In species in which males produce nutritious nuptial gifts, females may further modulate resistance according to their need for nutrition. We investigated these hypotheses in the ladybeetle Adalia bipunctata, in which ...

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Authors: Perry, J; Sharpe, D; Rowe, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
• Volume: 77
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 743-748
• Publication date: 2009-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.013
• ISSN: 0003-3472
• Language: English
• Keywords: mating cost; two-spot ladybird beetle; mating resistance; nuptial gift; ejaculate feeding; sexual conflict; Adalia bipunctata; Coccinellidae; sexual selection