scholarly journals Contact Chemoreceptors Mediate Male-Male Repulsion and Male-Female Attraction during Drosophila Courtship

Cell ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 149 (5) ◽  
pp. 1140-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Thistle ◽  
Peter Cameron ◽  
Azeen Ghorayshi ◽  
Lisa Dennison ◽  
Kristin Scott
Keyword(s):  
Female Attraction ◽  
Contact Chemoreceptors

Female Attraction To Male Song in House Wrens (Troglodytes Aedon)

Behaviour ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 133 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 357-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Searcy ◽  
L. Scott Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Troglodytes Aedon ◽  
Nest Box ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Visit Rate ◽  
House Wrens ◽  
Female Attraction ◽  
Male House

AbstractThis study tested the hypothesis that the song of male birds can function to attract mates. At 11 different locations on our Wyoming study area, we broadcast the song of male house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) from a loudspeaker mounted next to an empty nest box in an unoccupied wren territory. The number of female wrens attracted to the 'speaker box' was compared to the number visiting a silent, control box on another, unoccupied territory nearby. Females visited speaker boxes at a significantly higher rate than they visited control boxes. Ten females visited speaker boxes in six different trials during periods when no male was associated with either the speaker or control box (total time = 45.5 h; visit rate = 0.22/h). In contrast, only one female visited a control box during these same periods (= 0.02 visits/h), and she did so after first visiting the speaker box. Two females visited the speaker box simultaneously in some trials and chasing or fighting always ensued. Many females showed signs of settling permanently at speaker boxes, remaining at speaker boxes from their arrival to the end of the trial (> 5 h in two cases), and most began constructing nests in boxes, despite the absence of a male. In summary, this study provides strong experimental evidence that the song of male house wrens can function to attract mates for breeding.

Female Attraction to Narcissistic Male Traits Scale

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Haslam ◽  
V. Tamara Montrose
Keyword(s):  
Female Attraction

scholarly journals Synchronized mating signals in a communication network: the challenge of avoiding predators while attracting mates

2019 ◽  
Vol 286 (1912) ◽  
pp. 20191067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry D. Legett ◽  
Rachel A. Page ◽  
Ximena E. Bernal
Keyword(s):  
General Strategy ◽  
Relaxed Selection ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Mating Signals ◽  
Multiple Receivers ◽  
Tungara Frogs ◽  
Female Attraction ◽  
Signal Synchronization ◽  
Natural And Sexual Selection

Conspicuous mating signals attract mates but also expose signallers to predators and parasites. Signal evolution, therefore, is driven by conflicting selective pressures from multiple receivers, both target and non-target. Synchronization of mating signals, for example, is an evolutionary puzzle, given the assumed high cost of reduced female attraction when signals overlap. Synchronization may be beneficial, however, if overlapping signals reduce attraction of non-target receivers. We investigate how signal synchronization is shaped by the trade-off between natural and sexual selection in two anuran species: pug-nosed tree frogs ( Smilisca sila ), in which males produce mating calls in near-perfect synchrony, and túngara frogs ( Engystomops pustulosus ), in which males alternate their calls. To examine the trade-off imposed by signal synchronization, we conducted field and laboratory playback experiments on eavesdropping enemies (bats and midges) and target receivers (female frogs). Our results suggest that, while synchronization can be a general strategy for signallers to reduce their exposure to eavesdroppers, relaxed selection by females for unsynchronized calls is key to the evolution and maintenance of signal synchrony. This study highlights the role of relaxed selection in our understanding of the origin of mating signals and displays.

A TIMING TRAP FOR SEGREGATING CATCHES OF INSECTS BY DISCRETE INTERVALS

1981 ◽  
Vol 113 (8) ◽  
pp. 765-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Riedl ◽  
B. A. Croft
Keyword(s):  
Flight Activity ◽  
Weather Factors ◽  
Clock Speed ◽  
Olfactory Stimuli ◽  
Female Attraction ◽  
Metal Disk ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Timing traps are widely used to study the diurnal flight activity of insects, their response rhythms to physical and chemical (olfactory) stimuli, and the effect of weather factors on these behaviors. Goetz (1941) used an adhesive-coated horizontal metal disk driven by a mechanical clock to determine the periodicity of male-female attraction in two lepidopterous species on grapes. The area of the disk exposed at any time corresponded to a 1-h sector of the clock dial. The disk completed a full revolution every 12 h and therefore the trap had to be checked twice a day. Also, since the clock speed was not variable, the trapping interval could only be adjusted by decreasing or increasing the opening to the sticky disk.

Female attraction to male scent and associative learning: the house mouse as a mammalian model

2014 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 313-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Roberts ◽  
Amanda J. Davidson ◽  
Robert J. Beynon ◽  
Jane L. Hurst
Keyword(s):  
Associative Learning ◽  
House Mouse ◽  
Male Scent ◽  
Female Attraction
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