Biology 484 – Ethology Chapter 11 – Evolution of Mating Systems

Chapter 11 Opener: The mating systems of many species involve defense of food resources

11.1 The monogamous honey bee drone dies after mating

11.5 Female burying beetles combat polygyny

11.6 A monogamous pair of cleaner wrasses

11.7 An exceptionally paternal rodent

11.8 Male care of offspring affects fitness in the California mouse

11.11 Paternal male starlings keep their clutches warmer by helping mates incubate their eggs

11.15 Polyandry has fitness costs

11.16 Polyandry has fitness benefits

11.17 A father’s mating success can be transmitted to his sons

11.19 Polyandry boosts female reproductive success in a pseudoscorpion

11.20 Egg fertilizations in female crickets that have mated with a sibling and a nonrelative (Part 1)

11.20 Egg fertilizations in female crickets that have mated with a sibling and a nonrelative (Part 2)

11.28 Resource defense polygyny in an African cichlid fish

11.30 Does polygyny reduce female fitness?

11.32 An explosive breeding assemblage