Success in territorial defence by male tarantula hawk wasps Hemipepsis ustulata: The role of residency

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-383

  Alcock, John ^a   Bailey, Winston J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body size; Hymenoptera; Residency effect; Territorial behaviour

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOUR; RESIDENCY; TARANTULA HAWK WASP; TERRITORIALITY;

ACCIPITRINAE; HEMIPEPSIS; HEMIPEPSIS USTULATA; HEMISPEPSIS; HEMISPEPSIS USTULATA; HYMENOPTERA; POMPILIDAE; TARANTULA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030813160     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00066.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Alcock, J. (1979) The behavioural consequences of size variation among males of the territorial wasp Hemipepsis ustulata (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Behaviour, 71, 322-335.
2. Alcock, J. (1981) Lek territoriality in a tarantula hawk wasp Hemipepsis ustulata (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 8, 309-317.
3. Alcock, J. (1987) Leks and hilltopping in insects. Journal of Natural History, 21, 319-328.
4. Alcock, J. (1993) Differences in site fidelity among territorial males of the carpenter bee Xylocopa varipuncta (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Behaviour, 125, 199-217.
5. Alcock, J. & Carey, M. (1988) Hilltopping behavior and mating success of the tarantula hawk wasp, Hemipepsis ustulata (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) at a high elevation peak. Journal of Natural History, 22, 1173-1178.
6. Alcock, J. & O'Neill, K. (1987) Territory preferences and the intensity of competition in two hilltopping insects. American Midland Naturalist, 118, 169-176.
7. Davies, N.B. (1978) Territorial defence in the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria): the resident always wins. Animal Behaviour, 26, 138-147.
8. Englund, G. & Otto, C. (1991) Effects of ownership status, weight asymmetry, and case fit on the outcome of case contests in two populations of Agrypnia pagetana (Trichoptera, Phryganeidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; 29, 113-120.
9. Fincke, O. (1992) Consequences of larval ecology for territoriality and reproductive success of a Neotropical damselfly. Ecology, 73, 449-462.
10. Greenfield, M.D. & Minckley, R.L. (1993) Acoustic duelling in tarbrush grasshopper: settlement of territorial contests via alternation of reliable signals. Ethology, 95, 309-326.
11. Gribbin, S.D. & Thompson, D.J. (1991) The effects of size and residency on territorial disputes and short-term mating success in the damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Animal Behaviour, 41, 689-695.
12. Haley, M.P. (1994) Resource-holding power asymmetries, the prior residence effect, and reproductive payoffs in male northern elephant seal fights. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 34, 427-434.
13. Krebs, J.R. (1982) Territorial defence in the great tit (Parus major). Do residents always win? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 11, 185-194.
14. Lederhouse, R.C. (1982) Territorial defense and lek behavior of the black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 10, 109-118.
15. Marden, J.H. & Waage, J.K. (1990) Escalated damselfly territorial contests are energetic wars of attrition. Animal Behaviour, 39, 954-959.
16. Maynard Smith, J. (1982) Evolution and the Theory of Games. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
17. Parker, G.A. (1974) Assessment strategy and the evolution of fighting behaviour. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 47, 223-243.
18. Riechert, S.E. (1984) Games spiders play. III. Cues underlying context-associated changes in agonistic behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 32, 1-15.
19. Rosenberg, R.H. & Enquist, M. (1991) Contest behaviour in Weidemeyer's admiral butterfly Limenitis weidemeyerii (Nymphalidae): the effect of size and residency. Animal Behaviour, 42, 805-811.
20. Shutler, D. & Weatherhead, P.J. (1992) Surplus territory contenders in male red-winged blackbirds: where are the desperados? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 31, 97-106.
21. Waage, J.K. (1988) Confusion over residency and the escalation of damselfly territorial disputes. Animal Behaviour, 36, 586-595.
22. Wickman, P.-O. & Wiklund, C. (1983) Territorial defence and its seasonal decline in the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria). Animal Behaviour, 31, 1206-1216.