1. The long-term persistence of fragmented plant populations is predicted to be threatened by a loss of genetic variability and increasing inbreeding, which might lower offspring fitness through ...

• Mating patterns in heterodichogamous species are generally considered to be disassortative between flowering morphs, but this hypothesis has hitherto not been vigorously tested. Here, mating ...

Mating behaviour is a fundamental aspect of the evolutionary ecology of sexually reproducing species, but one that has been under-researched in parasitic nematodes. We analysed mating behaviour in the ...

Mating patterns in flowering plants are governed by complex interactions between reproductive traits and the ecology of populations (Lloyd, 1980; Holsinger, 1996; Barrett and Pannell, 1999). An ...

image: New University of East Anglia research into the mating habits of a critically endangered sea turtle will help conservationists understand more about its mating patterns. The turtle is ...

Scientists have carried out an analysis of long-term data of an outbreak of classical swine fever in wild boars in the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that occurred between 1993 and ...

The Mating Game was filmed in 22 countries across six continents, looking at the mating behavior of a wide range of animals. CHINA DAILY The makers of a major new internationally co-produced wildlife ...

A small brown moth, the gold swift moth (Phymatopus hecta), has one of the most complex sex lives in the insect world, new research has found. Despite the insect's unassuming appearance, a new study ...

Queen bees have been found to display honesty signals about their reproductive status and quality. The new research by the Center for Pollinator Research may help to explain why the honeybee ...