In addition to resource value, the cost of finding mates may affect how much males invest in fights for females. The cost of finding females may be imposed through natural factors extrinsic to males, such as female spatial distribution and predation pressure, which can be challenging to simulate in laboratory conditions. Therefore, studies under natural conditions may be suitable for understanding how the costs of finding mating partners affect male investment in fights. We used the spider Trichonephila clavipes to evaluate the hypotheses that males in field conditions invest more in contests for access to (1) unmated and (2) more fecund females, and (3) when access to females is harder. To test these hypotheses, we recorded the occurrence,...
Mate searching is a risky behavior that decreases survival by increasing predation risk and the risk...
Previous studies have reported that males augment their reproductive success by increasing the numbe...
Males are often expected to benefit from mating with multiple females; however, in species where fem...
Males are expected to mate with as many females as possible, but can maximize their reproductive suc...
Mate choice frequently operates differently for males and females as a consequence of male competiti...
Most spider species are solitary, and among the few social interactions among them, resource competi...
Agonistic behaviour between male orb-web spiders Metellina mengei competing for access to female web...
Across a variety of animal taxa, the outcome of male--male contests depends on male body size; winne...
Mate choice frequently operates differently for males and females as a consequence of male competiti...
Mate choice among males is relatively understudied, despite recent evidence supporting its ubiquity....
In the common orb-web spider Metellina segmentata, males are more powerfully built with longer legs,...
ARTICLE IN PRESSMagnitudes and patterns of energy expenditure in animal contests are seldommeasured,...
Reproduction is costly and since males possess a finite energetic budget, resource allocation to one...
Magnitudes and patterns of energy expenditure in animal contests are seldom measured, but can be cri...
The balance between the investment of time and energy by males in searching for new partners and in ...
Mate searching is a risky behavior that decreases survival by increasing predation risk and the risk...
Previous studies have reported that males augment their reproductive success by increasing the numbe...
Males are often expected to benefit from mating with multiple females; however, in species where fem...
Males are expected to mate with as many females as possible, but can maximize their reproductive suc...
Mate choice frequently operates differently for males and females as a consequence of male competiti...
Most spider species are solitary, and among the few social interactions among them, resource competi...
Agonistic behaviour between male orb-web spiders Metellina mengei competing for access to female web...
Across a variety of animal taxa, the outcome of male--male contests depends on male body size; winne...
Mate choice frequently operates differently for males and females as a consequence of male competiti...
Mate choice among males is relatively understudied, despite recent evidence supporting its ubiquity....
In the common orb-web spider Metellina segmentata, males are more powerfully built with longer legs,...
ARTICLE IN PRESSMagnitudes and patterns of energy expenditure in animal contests are seldommeasured,...
Reproduction is costly and since males possess a finite energetic budget, resource allocation to one...
Magnitudes and patterns of energy expenditure in animal contests are seldom measured, but can be cri...
The balance between the investment of time and energy by males in searching for new partners and in ...
Mate searching is a risky behavior that decreases survival by increasing predation risk and the risk...
Previous studies have reported that males augment their reproductive success by increasing the numbe...
Males are often expected to benefit from mating with multiple females; however, in species where fem...