Sökning: "Sexual signals"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sexual signals.
1. Sexual Signals and Speciation : A Study of the Pied and Collared Flycatcher
Sammanfattning : Speciation is the process in which reproductive barriers evolve between populations. In this thesis I examine how sexual signals contribute to the maintenance, reinforcement or breakdown of reproductive barriers.Male pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) and collared flycatchers (F. albicollis) differ in song and plumage traits. LÄS MER
2. Natural and Sexual Selection in a Natural Hybrid Zone of Ficedula Flycatchers
Sammanfattning : Speciation can be viewed as the formation of reproductive barriers between different populations. This thesis investigates patterns of natural and sexual selection shaping reproductive barriers between two hybridizing flycatchers (i.e. collared – and pied flycatchers). LÄS MER
3. Polyandry and the evolution of reproductive divergence in insects
Sammanfattning : Multiple mating by females is common in nature. Yet, the evolution and maintenance of polyandry remains a bit of an evolutionary puzzle. It was my aim in this thesis to reach a greater understanding of this phenomenon as well as to investigate the consequences of polyandry on the evolution of reproductive divergence in insects. LÄS MER
4. Sex and violence in lobsters - a smelly business
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to study the chemical communication involved in aggressive and reproductive behaviours in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Both male and female H. gammarus established and maintained dominance, but the sexes used different strategies for dominance maintenance. LÄS MER
5. Fishing for Females : Sensory Exploitation in the Swordtail Characin
Sammanfattning : Mate choice plays an important role in sexual selection and speciation. The evolution of mate choice is intriguing in cases where choosy individuals gain little except for genetic material from the mate and where the trait used as a criterion for the choice is costly to its bearer. LÄS MER