Species interactions and plasticity in female mate assessment (Old ID 25016)
Role
Supervisor
Description
This project will investigate the effect of species interactions on female mate preference through presence/absence of a heterospecific. The questions I am interested in is "do females plastically change their mate preferences when heterospecifics are present?" To do this, I will be conducting two-choice mate trials in allopatric-c context situations (2 conspecifics only) and in sympatric-context situations (2 conspecific males plus 1 heterospecific). No previous mate preference study has put a heterospecific into the mating arena with the conspecifics. This project is the first to look at mate preference in the presence of a heterospecific.
Date
08 May 2018 - 07 May 2019
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Species Interactions;Preference;Plasticity;Sexual Selection;Competition;reproductive interference
Funding Body
Animal Behavior Society
Amount
2665.9
Project Team
Megan Higgie