Flying the nest: male dispersal and multiple paternity enables extrafamilial matings for the invasive bark beetle Dendroctonus micans

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Flying the nest: male dispersal and multiple paternity enables extrafamilial matings for the invasive bark beetle Dendroctonus micans

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Otago University Research Archive

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There is an evolutionary trade-off between the resources that a species invests in dispersal versus those invested in reproduction. For many insects, reproductive success in patchily-distributed species can be improved by sibling-mating. In many cases, such strategies correspond to sexual dimorphism, with males-whose reproductive activities can take place without dispersal-investing less energy in development of dispersive resources such as large body size and wings. This dimorphism is partic...

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Article

Date created

2014-10-01

Creator

Fraser, C I / Brahy, O / Mardulyn, P / Dohet, L / Mayer, F / Grégoire, J-C

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/30704

Related subjects

Animal Distribution / Animals / Coleoptera - genetics / Coleoptera - physiology / Female / Hybridization, Genetic / Male / Microsatellite Repeats / Sexual Behavior, Animal / Spermatozoa - physiology

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