Search for dissertations about: "Zooekologi Uppsala universitet"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 78 swedish dissertations containing the words Zooekologi Uppsala universitet.

  2. 1. The Evolution of Sexually Homologous Ornaments : Selection via Male Mate Choice Coinciding with Male-Male Competition in a Neotropical Mosquito

    Author : Sandra South; Göran Arnqvist; Russell Bonduriansky; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sexual selection; Sabethes cyaneus; Diptera; Culicidae; mosquito; mutual ornamentation; sexual selection; mutual mate choice; male mate choice; female ornament; ecology; animal behaviour; Ethology and behavioural ecology; Etologi och beteendeekologi; Animal Ecology; Zooekologi;

    Abstract : The evolution of elaborate male ornaments via sexual selection is well-understood while the selective pressures acting on female ornaments remains unresolved. Female ornaments in species with strong sexual selection on the male homologue of the ornament were originally thought to result from an intersexual genetic correlation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Female Reproductive Strategies in the Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

    Author : Katherine Thuman; Fredrik Widemo; Robert Montgommery; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Abstract : Traditionally, females have been considered to be strictly monogamous. Today, we know that females in the majority of species actively seek out and mate with several males. Trying to understand female preferences, including what benefits mate choice entails, has been the focus of intense research during the last decades. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mutual Mate Choice in the Deep Snouted Pipefish Syngnathus typhle

    Author : Maria Widemo; John D. Reynolds; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; Sexual selection; mutual mate choice; mate competition; sex role reversal; parental investment; Biologi; Biology; Biologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Abstract : This thesis integrates the fields of sexual selection, parental investment and sex role theory by investigating mutual mate choice and mate competition in the sex role reversed deep snouted pipefish Syngnathus typhle (Pisces: Syngnathidae) through a series of laboratory experiments. In S. READ MORE

  6. 4. Population divergence at small spatial scales : – theoretical and empirical investigations in perch

    Author : Sara Bergek; Mats Björklund; Teija Aho; Sarah Goodacre; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Perca fluviatilis L.; Perch; Small scale genetic differentiation; Morphometrics; Isolation by distance; Dispersal; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Spatiotemporal stability; Barriers; Biology; Biologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestrisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Abstract : Genetically structured populations arise when gene flow between groups of individuals is hindered by geographical, behavioural or temporal barriers. The identification of such groups is important for understanding evolution and has large implications for conservation concern. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sexual selection and the evolution of sex-role reversal in honeylocust beetles

    Author : Karoline Fritzsche; Göran Arnqvist; Adam Jones; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Animal Ecology; Zooekologi;

    Abstract : Sexual selection is the prime evolutionary force that makes males and females different. This process has long been viewed as one where male compete with one another and where females choose. READ MORE