Mating systems

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 104. Chapters: Bigamy, Effective selfing model, Hypergamy, Mating (human), Mating system, Mating Systems and Strategies, Mixed mating model, Monogamous pairing in animals, Monogyny, Operational sex ratio, Polyandry, Polyandry in India, Polygamy, Polygyny, Polygyny threshold model, R/K selection theory. Excerpt: 216 article summaries including: Evolution of mating systems in coral reef gobies and constraints on mating system plasticity . The operational sex ratio influences choosiness in a pipefish . On the evolution of polygyny: a theoretical examination of the polygyny threshold model . Experimental confirmation of the polygyny threshold model for red-winged blackbirds . Broad geographic covariation between floral traits and the mating system in Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Onagraceae): multiple stable mixed mating systems across the species' . Effect of operational sex ratio on female-female versus male-male competitive aggression . The Influence of Operational Sex Ratio on the Intensity of Competition for Mates . Size, operational sex ratio, and mate-guarding success of the carrion beetle, Necrophila americana . Operational sex ratio in newts: field responses and characterization of a constituent chemical cue . Causes of a male-biased operational sex ratio in the fiddler crab, Uca crenulata . Adaptation to experimental alterations of the operational sex ratio in populations of Drosophila melanogaster . Sexual dimorphism, extrapair fertilizations, and operational sex ratio in great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) . Operational sex ratio in newts: field responses and characterization of a constituent chemical cue . Size, operational sex ratio, and mate-guarding success of the carrion beetle, Necrophila americana . Operational sex ratio in newts: field responses and characterization of a constituent chemical cue . Measuring mating competition correctly: available evidence supports operational sex ratio theory . Size, operational sex ratio, and mate-guarding success of the carrion beetle, Necrophila americana . Operational sex ratio and density do not affect directional selection on male sexual ornaments and behaviour . Mating behavior, population growth, and the operational sex ratio : a periodic twosex model approach . Operational Sex Ratio and Reproductive Behaviour in the Two-spotted Goby (Gobiusculus flavescens) . Mating behavior, population growth, and the operational sex ratio: a periodic two-sex model approach . Mate choice, operational sex ratio, and social promiscuity in a wild population of the long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus . Temperature affects operational sex ratio and intensity of male-male competition: an experimental study of sand gobies, Pomatoschistus minutus . Mate choice, operational sex ratio, and social promiscuity in a wild population of the long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus . A large population parental care game: Polymorphisms and feedback between patterns of care and the operational sex ratio . Quantitative measure of sexual selection with respect to the operational sex ratio: a comparison of selection indices . Comparisons on Reproductive and Aggressive Behaviors in Male Tibetan Macaques (Macacathibetana ) of Two Different Operational Sex Ratio Troops at Huangshan, China . Competitor-to-resource ratio, a general formulation of operational sex ratio, as a predictor of competitive aggression in Japanese medaka (Pisces: Oryziidae) . Sexual...