Direct and indirect costs of limb autotomy in field crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus
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The speed to autotomize an entrapped limb and the costs of the autotomy in both sexes of a first-generation laboratory population of known age was examined. Observations reveal that males with autotomized middle legs showed reduced longevity, but neither sex showed a significant effect of autotomy on body mass.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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The importance of calling song and courtship song in female mate choice in the variable field cricket
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Male field crickets use calling songs to influence female mate choice, but the role of other signals in mate choice is ill understood. A new study investigates the importance of calling song and courtship song in female mate choice.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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Male size and sequential mate preference in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
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Research describing mate choice in crickets is presented. It is shown that with increasing experience females favour larger males and reject small males or remove their spermatophores.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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