Mate acquisition by females in a butterfly: the effects of mating status and age on female mate-locating behaviour
In most species, female reproductive success is determined by realized fecundity, which depends on the amount of female reproductive reserves and the availability of time for oviposition. Consequently, selection is likely to favour behaviour in virgin females that increases the likelihood of encountering males and thereby minimizing time without sperm. We used the speckled wood […]
Effect of Spectral Composition of Artificial Light on the Attraction of Moths
During the last decades, artificial night lighting has increased globally, which largely affected many plant and animal species. So far, current research highlights the importance of artificiallight with smaller wavelengths in attracting moths, yet the effect of the spectralcomposition of artificiallight on species richness and abundance of moths has not been studied systematically. Therefore, we […]