Search Results - "Sakaluk, S. K"

Macronutrient intake regulates sexual conflict in decorated crickets by Rapkin, J, Jensen, K, Lane, S. M, House, C. M, Sakaluk, S. K, Hunt, J

“…Sexual conflict results in a diversity of sex‐specific adaptations, including chemical additions to ejaculates. Male decorated crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus)…”
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Terminal investment in the gustatory appeal of nuptial food gifts in crickets by Duffield, K. R, Hunt, J, Rapkin, J, Sadd, B. M, Sakaluk, S. K

“…Investment in current versus future reproduction represents a prominent trade‐off in life‐history theory and is likely dependent on an individual's life…”
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Cascading costs of reproduction in female house wrens induced to lay larger clutches by Hodges, C. J, Bowers, E. K, Thompson, C. F, Sakaluk, S. K

“…In many species, females produce fewer offspring than they are capable of rearing, possibly because increases in current reproductive effort come at the…”
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Sex‐specific genotype‐by‐environment interactions for cuticular hydrocarbon expression in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus: implications for the evolution of signal reliability by Weddle, C. B., Mitchell, C., Bay, S. K., Sakaluk, S. K., Hunt, J.

“…Phenotypic traits that convey information about individual identity or quality are important in animal social interactions, and the degree to which such traits…”
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Within‐female plasticity in sex allocation is associated with a behavioural polyphenism in house wrens by Bowers, E. K, Thompson, C. F, Sakaluk, S. K

“…Sex allocation theory assumes individual plasticity in maternal strategies, but few studies have investigated within‐individual changes across environments. In…”
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Female choice for male cuticular hydrocarbon profile in decorated crickets is not based on similarity to their own profile by Steiger, S, Capodeanu‐Nägler, A, Gershman, S. N, Weddle, C. B, Rapkin, J, Sakaluk, S. K, Hunt, J

“…Indirect genetic benefits derived from female mate choice comprise additive (good genes) and nonadditive genetic benefits (genetic compatibility). Although…”
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Food fight: sexual conflict over free amino acids in the nuptial gifts of male decorated crickets by Gershman, S. N., Hunt, J., Sakaluk, S. K.

“…In decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus, the spermatophore that a male transfers at mating includes a gelatinous spermatophylax that the female consumes,…”
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Multivariate sexual selection on male tegmina in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae) by Ower, G. D., Hunt, J., Sakaluk, S. K.

“…Although the strength and form of sexual selection on song in male crickets have been studied extensively, few studies have examined selection on the…”
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SEXUAL SELECTION AFFECTS THE EVOLUTION OF LIFESPAN AND AGEING IN THE DECORATED CRICKET GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS by Archer, C. R., Zajitschek, F., Sakaluk, S. K., Royle, N. J., Hunt, J.

“…Recent work suggests that sexual selection can influence the evolution of ageing and lifespan by shaping the optimal timing and relative costliness of…”
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The complex interplay between macronutrient intake, cuticular hydrocarbon expression and mating success in male decorated crickets by Rapkin, J., Jensen, K., House, C. M., Sakaluk, S. K., Sakaluk, J. K., Hunt, J.

“…The condition dependence of male sexual traits plays a central role in sexual selection theory. Relatively little, however, is known about the condition…”
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Mass-based condition measures and their relationship with fitness: in what condition is condition? by Barnett, C. A., Suzuki, T. N., Sakaluk, S. K., Thompson, C. F.

“…Mass‐ or body‐size measures of ‘condition’ are of central importance to the study of ecology and evolution, and it is often assumed that differences in…”
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Hydration benefits to courtship feeding in crickets by Ivy, T. M., Johnson, J. C., Sakaluk, S. K.

“…accrue fitness benefits by consuming spermatophylaxes when alternative sources of water are unavailable. In addition, females appear to allocate water…”
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Paternity of offspring in multiply–mated, female crickets: the effect of nuptial food gifts and the advantage of mating first by Calos, J. B., Sakaluk, S. K.

“…Gryllodes sigillatus…”
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Size of nest‐cavity entrance influences male attractiveness and paternal provisioning in house wrens by Will, D. S., Dorset, E. E., Thompson, C. F., Sakaluk, S. K., Bowers, E. K.

“…In altricial birds, parental provisioning is plastic and can respond to a variety of environmental stimuli. In this study, we manipulated the size of entrances…”
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Inbred decorated crickets exhibit higher measures of macroparasitic immunity than outbred individuals by Gershman, S N, Barnett, C A, Pettinger, A M, Weddle, C B, Hunt, J, Sakaluk, S K

“…Inbreeding is assumed to have negative effects on fitness, including the reduced ability to withstand immune challenges. We examined the immunological…”
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Give 'til it hurts: trade-offs between immunity and male reproductive effort in the decorated cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus by GERSHMAN, S.N, BARNETT, C.A, PETTINGER, A.M, WEDDLE, C.B, HUNT, J, SAKALUK, S.K

“…Trade-offs between life-history variables can be manifested at either the phenotypic or genetic level, with vastly different evolutionary consequences. Here,…”
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Immune-challenged house wren broods differ in the relative strengths of their responses among different axes of the immune system by FORSMAN, A.M, VOGEL, L.A, SAKALUK, S.K, GRINDSTAFF, J.L, THOMPSON, C.F

“…Single components of the immune system are widely used to assess immune function in free-living vertebrates. However, as different immunological components are…”
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Lovesick: immunological costs of mating to male sagebrush crickets by LEMAN, J.C, WEDDLE, C.B, GERSHMAN, S.N, KERR, A.M, OWER, G.D, ST JOHN, J.M, VOGEL, L.A, SAKALUK, S.K

“…A growing body of evidence suggests that resources invested in reproduction often come at the expense of the ability to mount an immune response. During…”
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Heritable variation in the timing of spermatophore removal, a mechanism of post-copulatory female choice in crickets by MAUTZ, B.S, SAKALUK, S.K

“…Female crickets can exert post-copulatory mating preferences by prematurely removing a male's spermatophore after copulation, which terminates sperm transfer…”
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Nutritional condition influences investment by male katydids in nuptial food gifts by Jia, Zhiyun, Jiang, Z.Higang, Sakaluk, Scott K.

“…In the present study, the effect of varying nutrition on male investment in the spermatophylax and remating ability was investigated in Gampsocleis gratiosa…”
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