Courtship behaviours

After 30 min, a deglanded male was added to each courtship box, and a combination of scan and focal sampling was used to record all occurrences of courtship behaviours. These behaviours included the time of the first occurrence of the male orienting to and physically contacting the female, and the time when the male completed spermatophore deposition. The same male-female pair was observed on a subsequent night when the female received a treatment (saline control or pheromone extract) that was different from the treatment she received on an earlier trial. In this way, each male-female pair was its own control. On each trial night, equal numbers of females were treated with each solution. 

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Chertemps, T., Duportets, L., Labeur, C., Ueyama, M. and Wicker-Thomas, C. (2006). A female-specific desaturase gene responsible for diene hydrocarbon biosynthesis and courtship behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Mol. Biol., 15,465—473. Chertemps, T., Duportets, L., Labeur, C. and Wicker-Thomas, C. (2005). A new elongase selectively expressed in Drosophila male reproductive system. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 333,1066-1072. 

A female-specific desaturase gene responsible for diene hydrocarbon biosynthesis and courtship behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Mol. Biol., 15,465 473. 

Amqvist, G. (1992). Courtship behaviour and sexual cannibalism in the semi-aquatic fishing spider, Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerck) (Araneae Pisauridae). J. Arachnol., 20, 222-226. 

Platnick, N. (1971). The evolution of courtship behaviour in spiders. Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., 2,40-47. 

Ross, K. and Smith, R.L. (1979). Aspects of the courtship behaviour of the black widow spider, Ladrodectus hesperus (Araneae Theridiidae), with evidence for the existence of a contact sex pheromone.J. Arachnol., 7, 69-77. 

Uetz, G. W. and Denterlein, G. (1979). Courtship behaviour, habitat, and reproductive isolation in Schizocosa rovneri Uetz and Dondale (Araneae Lycosidae). 

Brain Birds and fish Adult Courtship behaviour... 

The behavioural assay indicated that the (Z,E)-9,12 and the (Z)-9 components appeared to be necessary for upwind search behaviour, while the (Z,Z)-9,12 compound is important for short range courtship behaviour, like hair pencil display and copulation attempts. 

Prediction 3. Mate choice mechanisms should favour courtship behaviours with high -loadings, as cues of heritable fitness (insofar as g has a high /-loading). Generally, a mental trait s sexual attractiveness should correlate positively with its... 

Courtship behaviours evolve in response to the pressures of mate choice. If mate choice mechanisms in a particular species are favouring highly y-loaded behaviours... 

Trematerra, P. and Pavan, G. 1994. Role of ultrasound production and chemical signals in the courtship behaviour of Ephestia cautella (Walker), Ephestia kuehniella Zeller and Plodia inter-punctella (Hubner) (Lepidoptera Pyralidae). In Stored Product Protection Proceedings of the 6th International Working Conference on Stored-product Protection (E. Highley, E.J. Wright, H.J. Banks, and B.R. Champ, eds), pp. 591-594. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 

Cade, W.H., 1985. Insects mating and courtship behaviour. In Kerkut, G.A., Gilbert, L. A. (Eds.), Comprehensive Insect Physiology Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 591-661. 

Greene, M. J., and Mason, R. T., 2003, Pheromonal inhibition of male courtship behaviour in the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis - A mechanism for the tgection of potential males. Anim. Behav. 65 905-910. 

Honda, H. 1982. On the female sex pheromones and courtship behaviour in the salmonids, Oncorhynchus masou, and O. rhodurus. Bull. Japan, Soc. Sci. Fish. 48, 47- 9. 

GansloBer, U. 1995. Courtship behaviour in Macropodoidae (kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos) - phylogenetic and ecological influences on ritualization. Mammal Rev., 25, 131-157. 

Doolan, J. M. (1981) Male spacing and the influence of female courtship behaviour in the bladder cicada, Cystosoma saundessiiVIesivfOod. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol., 9, 269-76. 

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