Absolute versus relative measurements of sexual selection: Assessing the contributions of ultrasonic signal characters to mate attraction in lesser wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1383-1393

  Jang, Yikweon ^a,b   Greenfield, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Directional selection; Mate choice; Multivariate analysis; Nonlinear selection; Selection gradient

Indexed keywords

MATE ATTRACTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOTH; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; ULTRASONICS;

ACHROIA; ACHROIA GRISELLA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0031764126     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02020.x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. ANDERSSON, M. 1994. Sexual selection. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
2. BAKKER, T. C. M., AND M. MILINSKI. 1991. Sequential female choice and the previous male effect in sticklebacks. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 29:205-210.
3. BAKKER, T. C. M., AND A. POMIANKOWSKI. 1995. The genetic basis of female mate preferences. J. Evol. Biol. 8:129-171.
4. BECKER, W. A. 1984. Manual of quantitative genetics. Academic Enterprises, Pullman, WA.
5. BRADBURY, J. W., AND M. B. ANDERSSON. 1987. Sexual selection: testing the alternatives. Wiley, New York.
6. BRODIE, E. D., III, A. J. MOORE, AND F. J. JANZEN. 1995. Visualizing and quantifying natural selection. Trends Ecol. Evol. 10:313-318.
7. COLLINS, R. D., Y. JANG, K. REINHOLD, AND M. D. GREENFIELD. 1998. Quantitative genetics of ultrasonic advertisement signalling in the lesser waxmoth, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Heredity. In press.
8. CREMER, S., AND M. D. GREENFIELD. 1998. Partitioning the components of sexual selection: attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Ethology 104:1-9.
9. DUTKY, S. R., J. V. THOMPSON, AND G. E. CANTWELL. 1962. A technique for mass rearing the greater wax moth. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 64:56-58.
10. ENDLER, J. A. 1986. Natural selection in the wild. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
11. FALCONER, D. S. 1989. Introduction to quantitative genetics. Wiley, New York.
12. GODIN, J.-G. J., AND L. A. DUGATKIN. 1995. Variability and repeatability of female mating preference in the guppy. Anim. Behav. 49:1427-1433.
13. GREENFIELD, M. D., AND J. A. COFFELT. 1983. Reproductive behaviour of the lesser waxmoth, Achroia grisella (Pyralidae: Galleriinae): signalling, pair formation, male interactions, and mate guarding. Behaviour 84:287-315.
14. HOIKKALA, A., AND J. Aspi. 1993. Criteria of female mate choice in Drosophila littoralis, D. montana and D. ezoana. Evolution 47:768-777.
15. JANETOS, A. C. 1980. Strategies of female mate choice: a theoretical Analysis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 7:107-112.
16. JANG, Y. 1997. Evolution and genetics of mate preference in an ultrasonic pyralid moth. Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
17. JANG, Y., AND M. D. GREENFIELD. 1996. Ultrasonic communication and sexual selection in wax moths: female choice based on energy and asynchrony of male signals. Anim. Behav. 51:1095-1106.
18. JANG, Y., R. D. COLLINS, AND M. D. GREENFIELD. 1997. Variation and repeatability of ultrasonic sexual advertisement signals in Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). J. Insect Behav. 10: 87-98.
19. JENNIONS, M. D., AND M. PETRIE. 1997. Variation in mate choice and mating preferences: a review of causes and consequences. Biol. Rev. 72:283-327.
20. JIA, F.-Y., AND M. D. GREENFIELD. 1997. When are good genes good?: Variable outcomes of female choice in wax moths. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 264:1057-1063.
21. KIRKPATRICK, M., AND M. J. RYAN. 1991. The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek. Nature 350:33-38.
22. LANDE, R. 1979. Quantitative genetic analysis of multivariate evolution, applied to brain: body size allometry. Evolution 33:402-416.
23. LANDE, R., AND S. J. ARNOLD. 1983. The measurement of selection on correlated characters. Evolution 37:1210-1226.
24. MITCHELL-OLDS, T., AND R. G. SHAW. 1987. Regression analysis of natural selection: statistical inference and biological interpretation. Evolution 41:1149-1161.
25. MØLLER, A. P. 1994. Repeatability of female choice in a monogamous swallow. Anim. Behav. 47:643-648.
26. PRICE, T. D., AND P. R. GRANT. 1984. Life history traits and natural selection for small body size in a population of Darwin's finches. Evolution 38:483-494.
27. REAL, L. 1990. Search theory and mate choice. I. Models of single-sex discrimination. Am. Nat. 136:376-404.
28. REINHOLD, K., M. D. GREENFIELD, Y. JANG, AND A. BROCE. 1998. Energetic cost of sexual attractiveness: ultrasonic advertisement in wax moths. Anim. Behav. 55:905-913.
29. RITCHIE, M. G. 1996. The shape of female mating preferences. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:14628-14631.
30. RYAN, M. J., AND A. KEDDY-HECTOR. 1992. Directional patterns of female mate choice and the role of sensory biases. Am. Nat. 139:S4-S35.
31. SCHLUTER, D. 1988. Estimating the form of natural selection on a quantitative trait. Evolution 42:849-861.
32. SCHLUTER, D., AND D. NYCHKA. 1994. Exploring fitness surfaces. Am. Nat. 143:597-616.
33. SHELLY, T. E., AND T. S. WHITTIER. 1997. Lek behavior of insects. Pp. 273-293 in J. C. Choe and B. J. Crespi, eds. The evolution of mating systems in insects and arachnids. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K.
34. SMITH, T. B. 1990. Natural selection on bill characters in the two bill morphs of the African finch Pyrenestes ostrinus. Evolution 44:832-842.
35. SNEDDEN, W. A., C. R. TOSH, AND M. G. RITCHIE. 1994. The ultrasonic mating signal of the male lesser wax moth. Physiol. Entomol. 19:367-372.
36. SOKAL, R. R., AND F. J. ROHLF. 1995. Biometry. 3d ed. Freeman, New York.
37. SPANGLER, H. G., M. D. GREENFIELD, AND A. TAKESSIAN. 1984. Ultrasonic mate calling in the lesser wax moth. Physiol. Entomol. 9:87-95.
38. WAGNER, W. E., JR., A.-M. MURRAY, AND W. H. CADE. 1995. Phenotypic variation in the mating preferences of female field crickets, Gryllus integer. Anim. Behav. 49:1269-1281.
39. WARNER, R. R., AND E. T. SCHULTZ. 1992. Sexual selection and male characteristics in the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum: mating site acquisition, mating site defense, and female choice. Evolution 46:1421-1442.
40. WILEY, R. H. 1991. Lekking in birds and mammals: behavioral and evolutionary issues. Adv. Study Behav. 20:201-291.
41. WITTENBERGER, J. F. 1983. Tactics of mate choice. Pp. 435-447 in P. Bateson, ed. Mate Choice, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K.
42. ZUK, M., R. THORNHILL, J. D. LIGON, K. JOHNSON, S. AUSTAD, S. H. LIGON, N. W. THORNHILL, AND C. COSTIN. 1990. The role of male ornaments and courtship behavior in female mate choice of red jungle fowl. Am. Nat. 136:459-473.