Abstract:1. The timing and frequency of female mating are important determinants of male reproductive success. Elucidating reproductive phenology is crucial to understand the evolution of mating behaviour and mating systems.2. Mate encounter rate is a key variable for understanding the evolutionary consequences of sexual cannibalism. However, remarkably little is known about female mating frequency in wild populations in mantids, charismatic insects that exhibit sexual cannibalism. 3. The authors examined the reproduct… Show more
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