Polyandry is context dependent but not convenient in a mostly monandrous wasp
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- 作者：Rebecca A. Boulton ; rb78@st-andrews.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; David M. Shuker
- 关键词：context dependence ; cost mitigation ; polyandry ; sex allocation ; sexual harassment
- 刊名：Animal Behaviour
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：112
- 期：Complete
- 页码：119-125
- 全文大小：372 K
文摘
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Nasonia vitripennis females remate when male density is high and they can oviposit.
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Females that remate do not gain more time to oviposit when male density is high.
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Superficially these findings are suggestive of convenience polyandry.
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The absence of cost mitigation contradicts the convenience polyandry hypothesis.