ArticleEcology letters2026
Sexual Selection Associated With an Aggressive Male Phenotype Reduces Population Size and Hinders Population Recovery After Heat Stress.
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- Life History Consequences of the Prevalence of Aggressive Males Carrying Costly Weapons.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Sexual Selection Associated With an Aggressive Male Phenotype Reduces Population Size and Hinders Population Recovery After Heat Stress.Ecology letters · 2026Article
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Abstract
Population recovery following environmental stress is known to depend on demographic structure, life-history and evolutionary dynamics. However, it is unclear how traits shaped by sexual selection affect population dynamics and recovery. We examined this by manipulating presence/absence of males expressing either a non-aggressive 'scrambler' phenotype or an aggressive and lethally armed 'fighter' phenotype in soil mite populations of different size. We experimentally altered the male phenotype in populations, subjected them to heat stress, and analysed their population dynamics and recovery. We show that populations with fighter males exhibited (i) reduced population size and stability, (ii) greater decline in response to heat stress in larger populations, (iii) higher rate of growth and (iv) incomplete population recovery. Such reduced population stability and recovery linked with armed and aggressive phenotypes underlines the importance of sexual selection in mediating population dynamics and resilience to environmental change with implications for managing natural populations.
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