Assortative mating by size: A meta-analysis of mating patterns in water striders

Arnqvist, Göran; Rowe, Locke; Krupa, James J.; Sih, Andrew

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“…Earlier studies report no assortative mating by wing morph in other semiaquatic insects (Fairbairn 1988;Arnqvist et al 1996;Amano and Hayashi 1998) and we are unaware of any previous example of such strong homogamy by wing morph in any insect. Our field data suggested that this is not a result of differences in habitat preference between morphs, as confirmed by the fact that assortative mating was also observed in the laboratory.…”

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The extraordinary mating system of Zeus bugs (Heteroptera:Veliidae:Phoreticovelia sp.)

2007

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However, the winged (macropterous) females lack these glands and the sexes are more similar in size (male length = 1.7 mm, female length = 1.7-2.05 mm: Polhemus and Polhemus 2000; Andersen and Weir 2001).Here, we report the first description of the habitat preferences and mating system of the two species of Australian Zeus Abstract. Wingless female Zeus bugs (genus: Phoreticovelia) produce a secretion from dorsal glands that males feed upon when riding on females. This unique form of sex-role-reversed nuptial feeding may have set the stage for an unusual mating system. Here, we provide natural history details of the mating behaviour for two Zeus bug species. While these species have many mating behaviours in common, the wing morphs within species exhibit entirely different mating strategies. Adult wingless females are ridden permanently by adult wingless males. In the wild, adult sex-ratios among the wingless morph are male-biased; few unmounted adult females exist and many males instead ride immature females who also produce glandular secretions. In contrast, sex-ratios among the winged morph is not male-biased, sexual size dimorphism is less pronounced, females have no dorsal glands and are, consequently, not ridden by males. Field and laboratory observations show that mating is strongly assortative by wing morph. This assortment may allow evolutionary divergence between the two morphs. We discuss the implications of this mating system and suggest that it adds to those studies showing that sexually antagonistic coevolution can be a driver of mating system evolution.

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The extraordinary mating system of Zeus bugs (Heteroptera:Veliidae:Phoreticovelia sp.)

2007

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“…Comparative studies of mating behaviors within this group have been conducted before, but these were limited to mapping discrete and rather arbitrary transitions between mating system classes (e.g., Andersen 1997) or describing patterns of sexual selection across species (e.g., Fairbairn 1988;Arnqvist et al 1996;Rowe and Arnqvist 1996). Here we aimed to describe the coevolutionary pattern of those behaviors that make up the mating system and distinguish the processes that underlie this pattern.…”

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Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution in a Mating System: Combining Experimental and Comparative Approaches to Address Evolutionary Processes

2002

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Abstract. We combined experimental and comparative techniques to study the evolution of mating behaviors within in a clade of 15 water striders (Gerris spp.). Superfluous multiple mating is costly to females in this group, and consequently there is overt conflict between the sexes over mating. Two alternative hypotheses that could generate interspecific variation in mating behaviors are tested: interspecific variation in optimal female mating rate versus sexually antagonistic coevolution of persistence and resistance traits. These potentially coevolving traits include male grasping and female antigrasping structures that further the interests of one sex over the other during premating struggles. Both processes are known to play a role in observed behavioral variation within species. We used two large sets of experiments to quantify behavioral differences among species, as well as their response to an environmentally (sex-ratio) induced change in optimal female mating rate. Our analysis revealed a large degree of continuous interspecific variation in all 20 quantified behavioral variables. Nevertheless, species shared the same set of behaviors, and each responded in a qualitatively similar fashion to sex-ratio alterations. A remarkably large proportion (Ͼ 50%) of all interspecific variation in the magnitude of behaviors, including their response to sex ratio, could be captured by a single multivariate axis. These data suggest tight coevolution of behaviors within a shared mating system. The pattern of correlated evolution was best accounted for by antagonistic coevolution in the relative abilities of each sex to control the outcome of premating struggles. In species where males have a relative advantage, mating activity is high, and the opposite is found in species where females have gained a relative advantage. Our analyses also suggested that evolution has been unconstrained by history, with no consistent evolutionary tendency toward or away from male or female relative advantage.Key words. Arms races, Gerridae, macroevolution, mating systems, sexual conflict, sexual selection. Research on sexual selection and mating systems is increasingly focused on sexual conflict and the resulting potential for antagonistic coevolution between the sexes. A diverse array of male and female traits (morphological, behavioral, and physiological) that further the interests of one sex over the other have the potential to coevolve antagonistically. These include subtle signal-reception systems involving ejaculate components of males and receptors in females (e.g., Chapman et al. 1995;Wolfner 1997;Clark et al. 1999; Andrés and Arnqvist 2001), coercive behaviors (reviewed in CluttonBrock and Parker 1995), and overt grasping and antigrasping structures of males and females (e.g., Arnqvist 1989a; Thornhill and Sauer 1991;Arnqvist and Rowe 1995;Sakaluk et al. 1995). Sexual conflict is now viewed as having the potential to be a preeminent force driving the evolution of mating rate and those traits affecting this rate (Parker 1979;Gowat...

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“…Most reviews did not contain an explicit statement of the type of studies that were being combined and did not discuss the possible biases involved in combination of non-randomized data. Arnqvist et al (1996) Assortative mating Water striders Bender, Contreras & Fahrig (1998) Patch size and population density Animals Brett & Goldman (1996) Food-web structure regulation Plankton Brett & Goldman (1997) Trophic cascade Plankton Côté & Poulin (1995) Parasitism and group size Social animals Côté & Sutherland (1997) Predator removal to protect bird populations Birds Curtis (1996) Effects of elevated carbon dioxide Trees Curtis & Wang (1998) Effects of elevated carbon dioxide Trees Dahl & Greenberg (1996) Effects of predators on population density Freshwater invertebrates Dolman & Sutherland (1997) Spatial patterns of resource depletion Vertebrates Fiske, Rintamäki & Karvonen (1998) Mating success of lekking males Animals Gurevitch et al (1992) Competition All organisms Hamilton & Poulin (1997) Parasite-mediated sexual selection Animals Hartley & Hunter (1998) Nest predation rates Birds Jarvinen (1991) Effects of female age on laying date and clutch size Great tit and pied flycatcher Koricheva, Larsson & Haukioja (1998a) Secondary metabolism Woody plants Koricheva et al (1998b) Insect performance on stressed plants Woody plants Leung & Forbes (1996) Fluctuating Andow et al (1995) Not a review; combination of only a few studies Burnham, Anderson & White (1996) Combination of data to estimate survival parameters, not estimation of combined effect sizes Fernandez-Duque & Valeggia (1994) Analysis is illustrative only Hechtel & Juliano (1997) Combines data from only one study Isbell & Young (1993) Combines data from only one study Moller & Raffaelli (1998) Does not combine experimental results Murray (1998) Combines data from only one study Osenberg, Sarnelle & Cooper (1997) Methodological Swanson & Johnson (1996) Not a review of independent experiments Venier & Fahrig (1998) No combination of independent studies…”

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Review of methodology of quantitative reviews using meta‐analysis in ecology

Gates¹

2002

Journal of Animal Ecology

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Summary 1.Statistical methods for combination of independent results have been well publicized in the ecological literature, and have begun to be used for reviewing research. They provide a considerable advance in scientific rigour over traditional narrative or 'vote-counting' reviews. 2. However, other methodological developments for research synthesis have not yet been widely adopted.3. This review briefly summarizes some of the techniques used for carrying out rigorous reviewing and synthesis of results in medical science, and surveys techniques used by ecological meta-analyses. 4. Many of the methods used to reduce bias and enhance the accuracy, reliability and usefulness of reviews in medical science have not yet been widely used by ecologists. 5. The quality of ecological reviews could be improved by adoption of some of these methods, such as specifying the methods used for literature searching, stating the types of study combined in the review and the strength of evidence they provide, presenting results as a point estimate with a confidence interval, investigating bias in selection of studies using funnel plots, making a clear distinction between the main analysis and subsidiary analyses and interpreting the latter with caution, and performing sensitivity analyses.

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Assortative mating by size: A meta-analysis of mating patterns in water striders

Cited by 136 publications

References 37 publications

The extraordinary mating system of Zeus bugs (Heteroptera:Veliidae:Phoreticovelia sp.)

The extraordinary mating system of Zeus bugs (Heteroptera:Veliidae:Phoreticovelia sp.)

Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution in a Mating System: Combining Experimental and Comparative Approaches to Address Evolutionary Processes

Review of methodology of quantitative reviews using meta‐analysis in ecology

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