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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Two components of sexual selection in the lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella,
    are clearly defined: females choose males based on characters of their ultrasonic
    advertisement signals, and males display agonistic behaviour patterns in contests
    over signalling stations. We conducted a series of laboratory trials to determine
    whether successes in these two sexual selection arenas were related. Our trials
    showed that winners in contests over signalling stations were characterized by
    earlier initiation of both signalling and aggression. These characteristics may
    indicate higher levels of ‘motivation,’ but it is unclear whether this level is
    a fixed trait. There was no relationship, however, between any measure of a male''s
    attractiveness to females and his success in winning competition trials. Thus,
    inter- and intra-sexual selection may be acting on different, uncorrelated traits
    in A. grisella.'
acknowledgement: We thank Robert MINCKI-EY for collecting A. griseh from infested
  honeybee colonies and Yikweon J,4M;. Feng-You JIA, James MCLLOUGH and Kelly WILLAMS
  for indispensable laboratory assistaiice. Analyses of the ultrasonic advertisement
  signals was made possible by digital signal-processing programs written by Tom PETERS
  and Ric ROGERO (both of the University of Kansas Instrumentation Development Laboratory)
  and Martin CREMER. Marc BRANHAM and Klaus-Gerhardt HELLER offered valuable discussion
  during the project and Yikweon JAG, Klaus REINHOLD and several anonymous referees
  provided critical  reviews of the manuscript. Financial support was provided by
  US National Science Foundation grant IBN-9407162.
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
  id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cremer
  orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Greenfield, Michael
  last_name: Greenfield
citation:
  ama: 'Cremer S, Greenfield M. Partitioning the components of sexual selection: attractiveness
    and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).
    <i>Ethology</i>. 1998;104(1):1-9. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x">10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x</a>'
  apa: 'Cremer, S., &#38; Greenfield, M. (1998). Partitioning the components of sexual
    selection: attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella
    (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). <i>Ethology</i>. Wiley-Blackwell. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x</a>'
  chicago: 'Cremer, Sylvia, and Michael Greenfield. “Partitioning the Components of
    Sexual Selection: Attractiveness and Agonistic Behaviour in Male Wax Moths, Achroia
    Grisella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).” <i>Ethology</i>. Wiley-Blackwell, 1998. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. Cremer and M. Greenfield, “Partitioning the components of sexual selection:
    attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera,
    Pyralidae),” <i>Ethology</i>, vol. 104, no. 1. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1–9, 1998.'
  ista: 'Cremer S, Greenfield M. 1998. Partitioning the components of sexual selection:
    attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera,
    Pyralidae). Ethology. 104(1), 1–9.'
  mla: 'Cremer, Sylvia, and Michael Greenfield. “Partitioning the Components of Sexual
    Selection: Attractiveness and Agonistic Behaviour in Male Wax Moths, Achroia Grisella
    (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).” <i>Ethology</i>, vol. 104, no. 1, Wiley-Blackwell,
    1998, pp. 1–9, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x">10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x</a>.'
  short: S. Cremer, M. Greenfield, Ethology 104 (1998) 1–9.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:56Z
date_published: 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-26T09:11:08Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x
extern: '1'
intvolume: '       104'
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 1 - 9
publication: Ethology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0044-3573
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
publist_id: '2227'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: 'Partitioning the components of sexual selection: attractiveness and agonistic
  behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)'
type: journal_article
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volume: 104
year: '1998'
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