In contrast to predictions, we did not find population differences in plasticity; across all populations, however, we found significant plasticity in the guppy mating system in response to anthropogenically increased turbidity. While males spent less time associating with females ...
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We recorded females’ preference and mating behaviours, and conducted genetic paternity analyses to determine male reproductive success. We found no evidence that sexual experience influenced male mating or reproductive success, and no evidence that the number of virgin males influenced female multiple ...
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A short exposure, such as that in our study, to chemicals (other ones than we used), drugs, and temperature has been reported to disrupt male mating behaviour in the guppy and cause a change in male sexual behaviour (e.g., (Breedveld et al., 2023, Fursdon et al., 2019)). Because...
If males encoun- ter higher quality (e.g., larger fecundity) females, they are expected to invest more resources in their current courtship [e.g., guppy Poecilia reticulata, Dosen and Montgomerie (2004); fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi, Reading and Backwell (2007)] and/or copulation effort (...
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