ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2023
Rethinking same-sex sexual behaviour: male field crickets have broad mating filters.
Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Invertebrates: A Systematic Synthesis of Prevalence, Study Type, and Interpretation.Insects · 2026Review
- Multispecies analysis of social effects on same-sex sexual behavior challenges mistaken identity hypotheses in insects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The Evolution of Same-sex Sexual Behavior: Using Old Theory to Answer New Questions.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Review
- False Mating of Blackbirds (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Male crickets in poor condition engage in less same-sex sexual behavior.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Resolving the puzzle of same-sex sexual interactions.Nature reviews. Urology · 2024Article
- No fitness effects of same-sex copulations in male red flour beetles.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Rethinking same-sex sexual behaviour: male field crickets have broad mating filters.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) occurs in many animals and is often treated as an anomaly requiring special explanation. One common explanation for SSB is mistaken identity. However, animals make similar 'mistakes' in other contexts-such as attempting to mate with immature individuals or inanimate objects. Framing such behaviours as 'mistakes' risks misinterpreting how animals make flexible mating decisions. Here we make a case for an alternative approach to thinking about SSB by instead considering an individual's mating filter. A broad filter means directing courtship toward anything that resembles a potential mate, whilst a narrow filter means only courting with receptive targets. We illustrate this approach by examining the mating filters of male Pacific field crickets (
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