Condition-dependent signaling affects male sexual attractiveness in field crickets, Gryllus campestris

Holzer, Barbara

doi:10.1093/beheco/14.3.353

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“…However, treatment had no effect on other song characteristics (chirp duration, syllable number, chirp intensity and carrier frequency). Likewise, in an experimental field study, G. campestris males with an augmented food supply called more frequently than a group of control males (Holzer et al 2003). Again, no effect of treatment was found on any other song characteristic.…”

Section: (B) Cricketsmentioning

confidence: 86%

Do sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition-dependent expression as predicted by the handicap hypothesis?

Cotton

Fowler

Pomiankowski

2004

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

569

681

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The handicap hypothesis of sexual selection predicts that sexual ornaments have evolved heightened condition-dependent expression. The prediction has only recently been subject to experimental investigation. Many of the experiments are of limited value as they: (i) fail to compare condition dependence in sexual ornaments with suitable non-sexual trait controls; (ii) do not adequately account for body size variation; and (iii) typically consider no stress and extreme stress manipulations rather than a range of stresses similar to those experienced in nature. There is also a dearth of experimental studies investigating the genetic basis of condition dependence. Despite the common claim that sexual ornaments are conditiondependent, the unexpected conclusion from our literature review is that there is little support from welldesigned experiments.

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Section: (B) Cricketsmentioning

confidence: 86%

Do sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition-dependent expression as predicted by the handicap hypothesis?

Cotton

Fowler

Pomiankowski

2004

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

569

681

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“…In a previous study using S. ocreata, only diet quantity was manipulated, and while development time, adult size and secondary sexual traits were shown to depend on food quantity during development, that study did not address any aspects of individual behavior . Several recent studies, however, suggest that the nutritional quality of food can influence a variety of behaviors in arthropods, including courtship (Wagner and Hoback, 1999;Holzer et al, 2003;Hunt et al, 2004;Bertram et al, 2006) and mating (Mallard & Barnard, 2004). In addition, it has been suggested that predatory arthropods such as spiders are frequently nutrient limited in nature (Denno and Fagan, 2003;Fagan and Denno, 2004) and that food quantity is also often limited (Wise, 1993;Wise, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Diet influences mate choice selectivity in adult female wolf spiders

2008

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“…Time spent calling has been suggested as the most important call characteristic determining female attraction (Holzer et al 2003). Large males probably have a fitness advantage over small males.…”

Section: Body Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

Male field cricket song reflects age, allowing females to prefer young males

2011

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Sexual selection often involves female preference for males of a certain age, and a body of theory predicts preference for old males. We measured a comprehensive set of traits from the acoustic sexual display of male field crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus, and found that nearly all song traits changed predictably as males aged, involving a general slowing down of the wing movements during song production. Our female preference experiments indicated a strong and repeatable preference for the songs of young males, contradicting the existing literature, which argues that female crickets prefer older males on the basis of changes in song carrier frequency. Rather, female preference for young male song was determined by its high energetic quality. We develop the 'old flight muscle' hypothesis, arguing that age-related degradation of stridulatory muscle performance is likely to result in the observed changes with age. Secondary sexual characters may be subject to oxidative somatic degradation suggesting that, when males provide only sperm, females should prefer the sexual displays of young males. Our results support new modelling approaches and a growing body of empirical evidence suggesting that old males are not always preferred by females. Ó

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Condition-dependent signaling affects male sexual attractiveness in field crickets, Gryllus campestris

Cited by 140 publications

References 62 publications

Do sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition-dependent expression as predicted by the handicap hypothesis?

Do sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition-dependent expression as predicted by the handicap hypothesis?

Diet influences mate choice selectivity in adult female wolf spiders

Male field cricket song reflects age, allowing females to prefer young males

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