ORCID Profile
0000-0001-6555-5400
Current Organisation
UNSW Sydney
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Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 03-10-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-06-2020
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
Date: 05-06-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-03-2022
DOI: 10.1111/ELE.13981
Abstract: Male mate choice occurs in several animal species, but we know little about the factors that influence the expression of this behaviour. Males vary in their capacity to acquire mates (i.e. male quality), which could be crucial to male mate choice expression but it is often overlooked. Using a meta-analytical approach, we explore interin idual variation in the expression of male mate choice by comparing the mating investment of males of different qualities and phenotypes to high- and low-quality females. We used two datasets that together contained information from 60 empirical studies, comprising 52 species. We found that males of all qualities and phenotypes prefer high-quality females, but differ in the strength of such preference. High- and medium-quality males are choosier than low-quality males. Similarly, males that are larger or in greater body condition are choosier than their counterparts. In contrast, male body mass and age are not associated with changes in male mate choice. We also show that experimental design may influence our understanding of male mating investment patterns, which may limit the generalisation of our findings. Nonetheless, we argue that male quality may be an important feature in the expression of male mate choice.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-10-2022
DOI: 10.1038/S41597-022-01704-9
Abstract: Rising temperatures represent a significant threat to the survival of ectothermic animals. As such, upper thermal limits represent an important trait to assess the vulnerability of ectotherms to changing temperatures. For instance, one may use upper thermal limits to estimate current and future thermal safety margins (i.e., the proximity of upper thermal limits to experienced temperatures), use this trait together with other physiological traits in species distribution models, or investigate the plasticity and evolvability of these limits for buffering the impacts of changing temperatures. While datasets on thermal tolerance limits have been previously compiled, they sometimes report single estimates for a given species, do not present measures of data dispersion, and are biased towards certain parts of the globe. To overcome these limitations, we systematically searched the literature in seven languages to produce the most comprehensive dataset to date on hibian upper thermal limits, spanning 3,095 estimates across 616 species. This resource will represent a useful tool to evaluate the vulnerability of hibians, and ectotherms more generally, to changing temperatures.
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
Date: 23-03-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-02-2018
DOI: 10.1111/AEN.12267
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Date: 20-02-2015
DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3920.2.3
Abstract: Eugnosta Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Tortricinae, Cochylini, Cochylina) is reported for the first time in Chile. Male and female adults, the pupa, the last-instar larva, and galls of Eugnosta azapaensis Vargas & Moreira, sp. n., are described and illustrated from the Azapa Valley in the northern Atacama Desert. The larvae induce fusiform galls on shoots of the shrub Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). An assessment of phylogenetic relationships of E. azapaensis with two congeneric species based on mitochondrial DNA is provided.
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
Date: 17-11-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
Date: 31-01-2019
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