Experimental conditions include four different mating stages, i.e. 0%, 20%, 50 % and 93 load transfers, under regular and irregular wave conditions.
Finally, we propose that the same grasping force that is important at mating initiation stage may also help a male to overcome female resistance (typical for water striders) against longer duration of post-copulatory guarding.
Henrik, at best-mate stage, is hugging me, stroking me.
Group of mates stage mock funeral for friend who spends all his time with his girlfriend: https://t.co/cgY1ErJCCj pic.twitter.com//t.co/cgY1ErJCCj
In late July Shanghai hosted a dog mating fair, staging 40 pairs of golden retrievers, samoyeds, schnauzers and chihuahuas.
Multiple components of female fitness can be assessed using pre- and postmortem dissection of bags, including mortality during the pupal stage, timing of adult stage, mating success of adults, fecundity, overwintering survival of eggs, and reproductive output (Table 1).
Hamilton said he expected a "special" race with Rosberg and the Ferraris, and recalled the intense battle the Mercedes team-mates staged in Bahrain a year ago.
Genetics of the mating compatibility system might also be effective in the post-mating stage and thus influence hybrid's fitness potential.
Female survival during the pupal stage, mating success, and reproductive success were evaluated at different sites using the equations listed in table 1.
Indeed, several components of female fitness declined toward the edge of the bagworms' distributional range, including survival during the pupal stage, mating success, fecundity, and overwintering survival of progeny, resulting in an overall reduction in reproductive success of females at northern locations, and in extreme cases, total reproductive failure.
When all progeny reached at least the L4 stage, mating plates were examined.
