Sex roles and sex ratios in animals

PM Kappeler, S Benhaiem, C Fichtel… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In species with separate sexes, females and males often differ in their morphology,
physiology and behaviour. Such sex‐specific traits are functionally linked to variation in …

Male size and reproductive performance in three species of livebearing fishes (Gambusia spp.): A systematic review and meta‐analysis

B Kim, NP Moran, K Reinhold… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Gambusia represents approximately 45 species of polyandrous livebearing
fishes with reversed sexual size dimorphism (ie males smaller than females) and with …

Sex ratio variation shapes the ecological effects of a globally introduced freshwater fish

DC Fryxell, HA Arnett, TM Apgar… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sex ratio and sexual dimorphism have long been of interest in population and evolutionary
ecology, but consequences for communities and ecosystems remain untested. Sex ratio …

Natural and sexual selection drive multivariate phenotypic divergence along climatic gradients in an invasive fish

XU Ouyang, J Gao, M Xie, B Liu, L Zhou, B Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Invasive species that rapidly spread throughout novel distribution ranges are prime models
to investigate climate-driven phenotypic diversification on a contemporary scale. Previous …

Sex, shells, and weaponry: coercive reproductive tactics in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

PD Moldowan, RJ Brooks, JD Litzgus - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2020 - Springer
Males and females have divergent reproductive interests arising from their unequal
investments in offspring. This sexual conflict drives an antagonistic arms race that influences …

[HTML][HTML] The Skin Microbiome of Gambusia affinis Is Defined and Selective

AB Leonard, JM Carlson, DE Bishoff… - Advances in …, 2014 - scirp.org
Metagenomics and bacterial culture were used to determine the normal skin microbiome of
the Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). This is the first study of G. affinis, and the most …

The behavioral and physiological ecology of adult rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina, Calopterygidae, Odonata)

A Córdoba-Aguilar, DM González-Tokman - Advances in the Study of …, 2014 - Elsevier
We review the behavioral and physiological ecology of rubyspot damselflies before, during,
and after copulation. Adult rubyspots are sexually dimorphic, with males bearing a red wing …

Effects of age and sex ratios on offspring recruitment rates in translocated black rhinoceros

JV Gedir, PR Law, P du Preez… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Success of animal translocations depends on improving postrelease demographic rates
toward establishment and subsequent growth of released populations. Short‐term metrics …

Effects of a trematode infestation on body condition, reproduction and mating behaviors in a livebearing fish

JC Cureton II, RE Martin, RL Lewis, SB Stoops… - Behaviour, 2011 - brill.com
Most studies of parasite-mediated sexual selection target organisms where female or male
mate choice is the major driving force of sexual selection, leaving the effects of parasites on …

The association between male-biased sex ratio and indicators of stress in red-spotted newts

AS Aspbury, KL Grayson, S Fantaye, I Nichols… - Physiology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
In populations with a male-biased operational sex ratio, coercive mating by males can have
fitness consequences for females. One component of reduced fitness for females in …