The function of nuptial feeding in insects: a review of empirical studies

Influence of food availability on mate-guarding behaviour of ladybirds

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Size matters: Antagonistic effects of body size on courtship and digging in a wolf spider with non-traditional sex roles

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Introduction

Székely, T. (2007) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208784.003.0002 · Cited by 2

Searching for mates may shape parental investment and immune response

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Beyond the Black Box: Reproductive Strategies of the Black Soldier Fly as a Model for Bridging Evolutionary Biology and Applied Entomology

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Introduction

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REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGÍA Vol 37 No. 1 Enero - Junio 2011 PDF Total

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Female Phalangium opilio use fellatio to compensate sexual avoidance

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MALE GENOTYPE AFFECTS FEMALE FITNESS IN A PATERNALLY INVESTING SPECIES

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Socio-sexual environment manipulates sperm allocation strategies in ladybird beetle, Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius)Preprint

Yadav, P., Mishra, G., & Omkar, O. (2023) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3700890/v1 · Cited by 1

Investimento parental e papéis sexuais em opiliões com cuidado paternal exclusivo

Santos, G. R. (2012) · doi:10.11606/t.41.2012.tde-17122012-151747

The Endocrine Basis for Reproductive Life-history Trade-offs during the Previtellogenic Resting Stage in the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Clifton, M. E. (2012) · FIU - Digital Commons (Florida International University) · doi:10.25148/etd.fi12110706

Male Mating History in Antheraea mylitta and its Effect on Ejaculation Size and Female Reproductive Fitness

Rath, S. S. (2011) · International Journal of Industrial Entomology · doi:10.7852/ijie.2011.22.2.51

Dietary carotenoids and the complex role of redness in the behavior of the firemouth cichlid Thorichthys meeki.

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Nutritionally Deprived Black-Horned Tree Cricket (Oecanthus nigricornis) Consumes Own Spermatophore After Failed Mating

Coome, L. A. (2016) · Archives of Sexual Behavior · doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0760-0

Peer Review #2 of "Mate availability does not influence mating strategies in males of the sexually cannibalistic spider Argiope bruennichi (v0.1)"

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A matter of taste : the role of compatibility in mate preferences in great tits

Zandberg, E. C. A. (2018) · doi:10.18174/459842

Peer Review #2 of "Mate availability does not influence mating strategies in males of the sexually cannibalistic spider Argiope bruennichi (v0.2)"

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Morfologia das glândulas sexualmente dimórficas em Gonyleptidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)

Costa, T. M. (2018) · doi:10.11606/d.41.2018.tde-03042018-090844

Phenotype-dependent social environment choice in the male Trinidadian guppy

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Peer Review #3 of "Effects of food type and abundance on begging and sharing in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) (v0.1)"

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Investigating the flexibility of male Eurasian jays' food-sharing behaviorPreprint

Crosby, R., Legg, E. W., Brecht, K. F., et al. (2020) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/pr3ym

Twisting to freedom: The evolution of copulation termination techniques across 48 species of sepsids (Diptera, Sepsidae)Preprint

Tuan, M. J. M., de Araujo, D. P., Puniamoorthy, N., Woodford, J. M., & Meier, R. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.06.30.450518

Honest cues contribute to male choice for female guarding in a herbivorous spider mitePreprint

Goossens, S., Mortier, F., Parmentier, T., et al. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.09.07.459265

Peer Review #1 of "Beyond the prey: male spiders highly invest in silk when producing worthless gifts (v0.1)"

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Peer Review #2 of "Beyond the prey: male spiders highly invest in silk when producing worthless gifts (v0.1)"

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Peer Review #1 of "Beyond the prey: male spiders highly invest in silk when producing worthless gifts (v0.2)"

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Peer Review #2 of "Beyond the prey: male spiders highly invest in silk when producing worthless gifts (v0.2)"

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of A new theory for the evolution of polyandry as a means of inbreeding avoidance.

Magurran, A. E. (2007) · Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · doi:10.3410/f.1091789.545089

Peer Review #2 of "Effects of food type and abundance on begging and sharing in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) (v0.1)"

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Peer Review #1 of "Mate availability does not influence mating strategies in males of the sexually cannibalistic spider Argiope bruennichi (v0.1)"

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Introduction

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Differential allocation in a gift-giving spider: males adjust their reproductive investment in response to female condition.

Brenes, D. E. S. (2021) · doi:10.11606/d.41.2021.tde-13092021-193011

Diversification Through Gustatorial-Courtship: An X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography Study on Dwarf SpidersPreprint

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Peer Review #1 of "Effects of food type and abundance on begging and sharing in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) (v0.1)"

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Mating Conflict

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Field of Behavioral Ecology, The

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Copyright Page

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Contributors

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Supplementary Tables

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Rates of male rivalry and mate choice vary with density and determine whether size-assortative mating is absent, positive, or negative in the clown weevil, Eudiagogus pulcher

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Determinação do estado de acasalamento de machos de Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): coletados em cultivos de tomate (Solanum lycopersicum)

Huayhua, G. M. (2022) · doi:10.47328/ufvbbt.2022.213

The reduction of nuptial gifts in sclerosomatid Opiliones coincides with increased behavioural sexual conflictPreprint

Brown, T. A., Marinko, E., & Burns, M. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.06.13.598848

When all males cheat post-copulatory competition limits worthless gift-giving frequency in spiders

Pavón‐Peláez, C., Villar, M. M., Franco‐Trecu, V., et al. (2024) · Evolutionary Ecology · doi:10.1007/s10682-024-10325-0

Shifts in nutrient allocation in a gift-giving butterfly: a hidden consequence of water balance?

Chabaud, C., & Tigreros, N. (2025) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.251506

Alternative male mating tactics and direct benefits via spermatophore transfer in the neotropical cricket Macroanaxipha macilenta (Saussure, 1897)

Elias-Quevedo, A., Favila, M. E., & del Castillo, R. C. (2026) · Journal of Insect Behavior · doi:10.1007/s10905-025-09897-8

The unusual food provisioning by males beyond mating in the spider Manogea porracea (Araneidae)

Moura, R. R., Valentim, A. M., Vasconcellos‐Neto, J., et al. (2026) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/arag040

Cloning and Characterization of Rat BAT3 cDNA

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