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dc.contributor.authorGourevitch, Eleanor H. Z.
dc.contributor.authorShuker, David Michael
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T17:30:02Z
dc.date.available2021-11-30T17:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-30
dc.identifier276819399
dc.identifier65fbb40f-d9e9-44a3-9595-95d5cd760cbe
dc.identifier85121579232
dc.identifier000737439900001
dc.identifier.citationGourevitch , 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/insects12121079en
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/24443
dc.descriptionEG is supported by a School of Biology, University of St Andrews PhD Studentship.en
dc.description.abstractSexual 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.
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dc.format.extent457012
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInsecten
dc.subjectAntennationen
dc.subjectChemical signalingen
dc.subjectSexual selectionen
dc.subjectHeteropteraen
dc.subjectAbdominal vibrationen
dc.subjectSexual communicationen
dc.subjectStridulationen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleEnvironmental correlates of sexual signaling in the Heteroptera : a prospective studyen
dc.typeJournal itemen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/insects12121079
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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