Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug

Autores
de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro; Manrique, Gabriel; Pompilio, Lorena
Año de publicación
2018
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This study investigates whether female sequential decisions on accepting or rejecting a courting male are based exclusively on the quality of the male present or are affected by the quality of potential mates. We used blood-sucking bugs Rhodnius prolixus as experimental subjects as females’ exhibit stereotyped discrimination behavior towards undesirable males, which allows sequential testing of a female’s preference for each male. We expect higher levels of female rejection when the benefit of finding a better quality male overrides the cost of rejecting a mating opportunity. Male quality was manipulated through changes in the feeding regime prior to the experiment because in this species nutritional condition affects males’ reproductive success. Females were simultaneously exposed to both a focal male currently available and a background male potentially available. The quality of each focal and background male could be either low or high and all the possible combinations were tested for each pair (low/high, high/low, high/high, low/low). We found that female rejection behavior depends not only on the quality of the focal male but also on the quality of the background male. This behavioral flexibility may allow females to maximize the benefits of their mating decisions.
Fil: de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Manrique, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Pompilio, Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Materia
FEMALE CHOICE
FEMALE DISCRIMINATION
MALE AVAILABILITY
MALE NUTRITIONAL CONDITION
MALE QUALITY
REJECTION BEHAVIOR
SEQUENTIAL CHOICE
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spelling Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bugde Simone, Gabriel AlejandroManrique, GabrielPompilio, LorenaFEMALE CHOICEFEMALE DISCRIMINATIONMALE AVAILABILITYMALE NUTRITIONAL CONDITIONMALE QUALITYREJECTION BEHAVIORSEQUENTIAL CHOICEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1This study investigates whether female sequential decisions on accepting or rejecting a courting male are based exclusively on the quality of the male present or are affected by the quality of potential mates. We used blood-sucking bugs Rhodnius prolixus as experimental subjects as females’ exhibit stereotyped discrimination behavior towards undesirable males, which allows sequential testing of a female’s preference for each male. We expect higher levels of female rejection when the benefit of finding a better quality male overrides the cost of rejecting a mating opportunity. Male quality was manipulated through changes in the feeding regime prior to the experiment because in this species nutritional condition affects males’ reproductive success. Females were simultaneously exposed to both a focal male currently available and a background male potentially available. The quality of each focal and background male could be either low or high and all the possible combinations were tested for each pair (low/high, high/low, high/high, low/low). We found that female rejection behavior depends not only on the quality of the focal male but also on the quality of the background male. This behavioral flexibility may allow females to maximize the benefits of their mating decisions.Fil: de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada; ArgentinaFil: Manrique, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada; ArgentinaFil: Pompilio, Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaSpringer2018-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/96534de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro; Manrique, Gabriel; Pompilio, Lorena; Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug; Springer; Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology; 72; 145; 9-2018; 1-90340-5443CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00265-018-2560-0info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00265-018-2560-0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:43:10Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/96534instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:43:10.87CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
title Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
spellingShingle Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro
FEMALE CHOICE
FEMALE DISCRIMINATION
MALE AVAILABILITY
MALE NUTRITIONAL CONDITION
MALE QUALITY
REJECTION BEHAVIOR
SEQUENTIAL CHOICE
title_short Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
title_full Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
title_fullStr Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
title_full_unstemmed Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
title_sort Females sequential mating decisions depend on both the quality of the courting male and the quality of the potential mates in a blood-sucking bug
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro
Manrique, Gabriel
Pompilio, Lorena
author de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro
author_facet de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro
Manrique, Gabriel
Pompilio, Lorena
author_role author
author2 Manrique, Gabriel
Pompilio, Lorena
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv FEMALE CHOICE
FEMALE DISCRIMINATION
MALE AVAILABILITY
MALE NUTRITIONAL CONDITION
MALE QUALITY
REJECTION BEHAVIOR
SEQUENTIAL CHOICE
topic FEMALE CHOICE
FEMALE DISCRIMINATION
MALE AVAILABILITY
MALE NUTRITIONAL CONDITION
MALE QUALITY
REJECTION BEHAVIOR
SEQUENTIAL CHOICE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This study investigates whether female sequential decisions on accepting or rejecting a courting male are based exclusively on the quality of the male present or are affected by the quality of potential mates. We used blood-sucking bugs Rhodnius prolixus as experimental subjects as females’ exhibit stereotyped discrimination behavior towards undesirable males, which allows sequential testing of a female’s preference for each male. We expect higher levels of female rejection when the benefit of finding a better quality male overrides the cost of rejecting a mating opportunity. Male quality was manipulated through changes in the feeding regime prior to the experiment because in this species nutritional condition affects males’ reproductive success. Females were simultaneously exposed to both a focal male currently available and a background male potentially available. The quality of each focal and background male could be either low or high and all the possible combinations were tested for each pair (low/high, high/low, high/high, low/low). We found that female rejection behavior depends not only on the quality of the focal male but also on the quality of the background male. This behavioral flexibility may allow females to maximize the benefits of their mating decisions.
Fil: de Simone, Gabriel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Manrique, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Pompilio, Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
description This study investigates whether female sequential decisions on accepting or rejecting a courting male are based exclusively on the quality of the male present or are affected by the quality of potential mates. We used blood-sucking bugs Rhodnius prolixus as experimental subjects as females’ exhibit stereotyped discrimination behavior towards undesirable males, which allows sequential testing of a female’s preference for each male. We expect higher levels of female rejection when the benefit of finding a better quality male overrides the cost of rejecting a mating opportunity. Male quality was manipulated through changes in the feeding regime prior to the experiment because in this species nutritional condition affects males’ reproductive success. Females were simultaneously exposed to both a focal male currently available and a background male potentially available. The quality of each focal and background male could be either low or high and all the possible combinations were tested for each pair (low/high, high/low, high/high, low/low). We found that female rejection behavior depends not only on the quality of the focal male but also on the quality of the background male. This behavioral flexibility may allow females to maximize the benefits of their mating decisions.
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