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dc.contributor.authorAmin, Md Ruhulen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBussiere, Lucen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGoulson, Daveen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-08T23:04:36Z-
dc.date.available2013-06-08T23:04:36Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2012-07en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/7287-
dc.description.abstractIn social insects, the reproductive strategies adopted by colonies emerge as a complex property of individual behaviours, but as yet we are often unable to fully explain them in evolutionary terms. In bumblebees, colonies adopt either a short-lived strategy specializing in male production, or a longer-lived strategy in which mainly new queens are produced, but this results in males emerging long before mates are available; this strategy can only easily be explained if older males are at a significant reproductive advantage. Here we examine how age and morphological characters influence mating success of male bumblebees. In two separate experiments in which single virgin males and females were confined together, we found that young males and heavy males mated more swiftly and copulated for less time compared to old males or lighter males, respectively. However, in competitive situations age proved to be unimportant and the only factors to influence mating success were the lengths of the fore and hind tibiae, with strong directional selection for long leg length. Fore and hind legs are both used in courtship, so both traits are associated with plausible mechanisms under selection. It has previously been argued that, in times of food stress, bumblebee colonies should produce males as male size is less likely to be strongly correlated with fitness than female size. Our results suggest that this may not be so, since aspects of male size directly impact on their mating success. Our results leave unexplained the emergence of males many days before new queens.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationAmin MR, Bussiere L & Goulson D (2012) Effects of Male age and Size on Mating Success in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Journal of Insect Behavior, 25 (4), pp. 362-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-011-9306-4en_UK
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dc.subjectSexual selectionen_UK
dc.subjectagingen_UK
dc.subjectleg lengthen_UK
dc.subjectmate choiceen_UK
dc.subjectcolony-level strategiesen_UK
dc.subjectBombusen_UK
dc.subjectapoideaen_UK
dc.titleEffects of Male age and Size on Mating Success in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestrisen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-31en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10905-011-9306-4en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Insect Behavioren_UK
dc.citation.issn1572-8889en_UK
dc.citation.issn0892-7553en_UK
dc.citation.volume25en_UK
dc.citation.issue4en_UK
dc.citation.spage362en_UK
dc.citation.epage374en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaildave.goulson@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date30/11/2011en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000304110300006en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-80455144460en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid785973en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-8937-8381en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2011-11-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2012-08-06en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorAmin, Md Ruhul|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBussiere, Luc|0000-0001-8937-8381en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGoulson, Dave|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2999-12-31en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenamegoulson_maleageandsize_2012.pdfen_UK
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