SynthesisEcology letters2022
The better, the choosier: A meta-analysis on interindividual variation of male mate choice.
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- Synthesis of Nature's Extravaganza: An Augmented Meta-Meta-Analysis on (Putative) Sexual Signals.Ecology letters · 2025Pooled it
- The better, the choosier: A meta-analysis on interindividual variation of male mate choice.Ecology letters · 2022Pooled it
- Harnessing meta-analyses' insights in ecology and evolution research.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Exposure to Rivals Does Not Affect Male Mate Choice inEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Reliability of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: (mostly) good news from a case study on sexual signals.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Genetic variation in age-dependent attractiveness in a fish with a mixed mating system.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Genetic Variation in Male Mate Choice for Large Females inEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Genomic data reveal unexpected relatedness between a brown female Eastern Bluebird and her brood.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- The neuropeptide drosulfakinin enhances choosiness and protects males from the aging effects of social perception.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Mate Selection onInsects · 2023Article
- Neural mechanisms involved in female mate choice in invertebrates.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Effects of past mating behavior versus past ejaculation on male mate choice and male attractiveness.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
- The effect of individual state on the strength of mate choice in females and males.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Male mate choice occurs in several animal species, but we know little about the factors that influence the expression of this behaviour. Males vary in their capacity to acquire mates (i.e. male quality), which could be crucial to male mate choice expression but it is often overlooked. Using a meta-analytical approach, we explore interindividual variation in the expression of male mate choice by comparing the mating investment of males of different qualities and phenotypes to high- and low-quality females. We used two datasets that together contained information from 60 empirical studies, comprising 52 species. We found that males of all qualities and phenotypes prefer high-quality females, but differ in the strength of such preference. High- and medium-quality males are choosier than low-quality males. Similarly, males that are larger or in greater body condition are choosier than their counterparts. In contrast, male body mass and age are not associated with changes in male mate choice. We also show that experimental design may influence our understanding of male mating investment patterns, which may limit the generalisation of our findings. Nonetheless, we argue that male quality may be an important feature in the expression of male mate choice.
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