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Environmental correlates of sexual signaling in the Heteroptera : a prospective study
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dc.contributor.author | Gourevitch, Eleanor H. Z. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shuker, David Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-30T17:30:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-30T17:30:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-11-30 | |
dc.identifier | 276819399 | |
dc.identifier | 65fbb40f-d9e9-44a3-9595-95d5cd760cbe | |
dc.identifier | 85121579232 | |
dc.identifier | 000737439900001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gourevitch , E H Z & Shuker , D M 2021 , ' Environmental correlates of sexual signaling in the Heteroptera : a prospective study ' , Insect , vol. 12 , no. 12 , 1079 . https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121079 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2075-4450 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/24443 | |
dc.description | EG is supported by a School of Biology, University of St Andrews PhD Studentship. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Sexual selection is a major evolutionary process, shaping organisms in terms of success in competition for access to mates and their gametes. The study of sexual selection has provided a rich empirical and theoretical literature addressing the ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences of competition of gametes. However, there remains a bias towards individual, species-specific studies, whilst broader, cross-species comparisons looking for wider-ranging patterns in sexual selection remain uncommon. For instance, we are still some ways from understanding why particular kinds of traits tend to evolve under sexual selection, and under what circumstances. Here we consider sexual selection in the Heteroptera, a sub-order of the Hemiptera, or true bugs. The latter is the largest of the hemimetabolous insect orders, whilst the Heteroptera itself comprises some 40,000-plus described species. We focus on four key sexual signaling modes found in the Heteroptera: chemical signals, acoustic signaling via stridulation, vibrational (substrate) signaling, and finally tactile signaling (antennation). We compare how these modes vary across broad habitat types and provide a review of each type of signal. We ask how we might move towards a more predictive theory of sexual selection, that links mechanisms and targets of sexual selection to various ecologies. | |
dc.format.extent | 28 | |
dc.format.extent | 457012 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Insect | en |
dc.subject | Antennation | en |
dc.subject | Chemical signaling | en |
dc.subject | Sexual selection | en |
dc.subject | Heteroptera | en |
dc.subject | Abdominal vibration | en |
dc.subject | Sexual communication | en |
dc.subject | Stridulation | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Environmental correlates of sexual signaling in the Heteroptera : a prospective study | en |
dc.type | Journal item | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/insects12121079 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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