Browsing by Supervisor "Painting, Chrissie"
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Evidence for individual variation and the role of personality in the assessment strategies of Teleogryllus commodus contests
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Evolutionary game theory and assessment strategy models have been used to try to understand animal decision making processes during male-male contests. However, this has often led to mixed or inconclusive results. This may ... -
Parasites and pathogens at honey bee mating sites, and the implications for monitoring colony health
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) are an insect species of high environmental, economic, and cultural importance due to their provision of pollination services to cultivated and native plants and production of honey. ... -
The effect of population density on mating dynamics and the interaction between pre- and post-copulatory selection in the New Zealand giraffe weevil
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Sexual selection is thought to be the main driver for the evolution of pre-copulatory traits (e.g., weapons and ornaments) used to gain access to mates, and post-copulatory traits (e.g., sperm form and function) used to ...
