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Disruptive ecological selection on a mating cue [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2012 Adaptation to divergent ecological niches can result in speciation. Traits subject to disruptive selection that also contribute to non-random mating will facilitate speciation with gene flow. Such ‘magic’ or ‘multiple-effect’ traits may be widespread and important for generating biodiversity, but strong empirical evidence is still lacking.
Richard M, Merrill +6 more
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The evolutionary consequences of disrupted male mating signals: an agent-based modelling exploration of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the guppy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Females may select a mate based on signalling traits that are believed to accurately correlate with heritable aspects of male quality. Anthropogenic actions, in particular chemicals released into the environment, are now disrupting the accuracy of mating
Alistair McNair Senior +2 more
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Mating disruption in Agrotis segetum monitored by harmonic radar [PDF]
, 2001 The long-range, pheromone-mediated, flight behaviour of male moths under natural and mating disruption conditions was monitored by means of harmonic radar.
Reynolds, D R +15 more
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Mating and post-copulation behavior in the tea leafhopper, Empoasca onukii (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 The tea leafhopper, Empoasca onukii, relies on substrate-borne vibrations for sexual communication and is mainly controlled with chemical pesticides, which poses risks to the environment and food safety.
Yao Shan +13 more
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Insects, 2021 Age at mating is one of the most important factors that affect mating selection, sexual performance, and fecundity. We studied the effects of mating age on the mating performance and reproductive fitness of Plagiodera versicolora Laicharting, a serious ...
Lvquan Zhao +3 more
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DISRUPTIVE SELECTION AND ASSORTATIVE MATING INTRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM [PDF]
Evolution, 1981 Disruptive selection (sometimes called diversifying selection) has been defined as simultaneous selection for more than one optimum phenotype within a single population (Mather, 1955). It is usually interpreted to mean favoring the extreme phenotypes of a quantitative character at the expense of those near the mean; however, the term can also apply to ...
Richard, Halliburton, G A E, Gall
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Intraspecific Variation in Female Sex Pheromone of the Codling Moth Cydia pomonella
Insects, 2014 The codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), is a major pest of apple, pear and walnut orchards worldwide. This pest is often controlled using the biologically friendly control method known as pheromone-based mating disruption. Mating
Claire Duménil +5 more
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Relationship between efficacy of mating disruption and gypsy moth density [PDF]
, 2018 Mating disruption tactics involve the deployment of pheromones to interfere with mate finding behaviors in insect populations. This management strategy is the dominant one used against expanding gypsy moth populations in the United States, and ...
Ksenia S. Onufrieva +7 more
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Pheromone traps for monitoring Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in the presence of mating disruption [PDF]
, 2010 High-dose pheromone lures have proved useful for monitoring some lepidopteran pests in the presence of mating disruption, but not others. We performed experiments in commercial and pilot scale facilities to examine the effect of pheromone dose on ...
Brandl, D. G. +4 more
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Codling Moth Mating Disruption [PDF]
, 2020 Mating disruption became commercially available in the early 1990s, and was adopted by many Utah growers about a decade later. Use of this pest management technology can be daunting due to high up-front costs and monitoring requirements; however, after ...
Alston, Diane G., Murray, Marion
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