Age-related plasticity in male mate choice decisions by Schizocosa retrorsa wolf spiders

Silk‐ and volatile‐based male mate choice in the genital plug‐producing spider

“…In spiders, pheromones are deposited not only directly on the female's body but also on her silk, from where they are transmitted through the air (airborne or volatile pheromones) or upon direct contact (contact pheromones; Gaskett, 2007, Schneider & Andrade, 2011. Contact pheromones provide information concerning female receptivity and quality (Krafft, 1982;Tietjen & Rovner, 1982),such as species identity, kinship, developmental stage and sex; all representing important guidelines for a spider male in search of a mate (Baruffaldi & Andrade, 2015;Baruffaldi & Costa, 2010;Clark & Jackson, 1995;Henneken et al, 2015;Roberts & Uetz, 2005;Rundus, Biemuller, DeLong, Fitzgerald, & Nyandwi, 2015).…”

Dietary carotenoids and the complex role of redness in the behavior of the firemouth cichlid Thorichthys meeki.

“…Currently, male mate choice has been examined in a variety of taxa including spiders (MacLeod & Andrade, 2014;Rundus et al, 2015), insects (Tigreros et al,2014;Barry et al,2015;Wittman & Fedorka, 2015), fish (Bahr et al, 2012;Roth et al, 2014;Wright et al,2015), and lizards (Swierk et al,2013). Male mate choice has been examined specifically in organisms with sex-role reversal such as fish within the family Sygnathidae.…”

“…However, male mate choice is not confined to situations of sex-role reversal and has been investigated in systems with conventional sex roles (Jones et al, 2014;MacLeod & Andrade, 2014;Ala-Honkola et al,2015;Baxter et al,2015;Rundus et al,2015;Wittman & Fedorka;. As with females, males are expected to be choosy when reproductive or parental investment is high (Rundus et al, 2015).…”

“…As with females, males are expected to be choosy when reproductive or parental investment is high (Rundus et al, 2015).…”

“…However, males often incur costs during mating or providing parental care. This incurred cost would suggest that males would want to selectively mate as well (Rundus et al,2015). While studies have been conducted in systems with the sex-roles reversed (where males provide more parental care than females (Bahr et al,2012;Roth et al,2014)), male mate choice has also been documented in species that possess conventional sex roles (Jones et al, 2014;MacLeod & Andrade, 2014;Baxter et al,2015;Ala-Honkola et al,2015;Rundus et al,2015;Wittman & Fedorka;.…”