Promiscuous words

Elgar, Mark A; Jones, Therésa M; McNamara, Kathryn B

doi:10.1186/1742-9994-10-66

Frontiers in Zoology

Table 1 Details of papers published in the journal Animal Behaviour that make reference to promiscuity

From: Promiscuous words

Title of paper	Publication details ( Animal Behaviour) year, volume, page numbers	Reference to promiscuity					Female choice?¹
		Title	Abstract	Text	Key-words	Sex
Models of parent-offspring conflict 2. Promiscuity	1978, 26: 111–122	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Female	—
Postcopulatory mate guarding delays promiscuous mating by female decorated crickets	1994, 48:1479–1481	Yes	—	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Mate sampling in a population of sand gobies	1997, 53: 267–276	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Behavioural correlates of monogamy in the noisy miner, Manorina melanocephala	1997, 54: 571–578	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	No
Spawning success in the damselfish Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster: the influence of eggs in the nest	1998, 55: 651–664	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Behavioural aspects of the raccoon mating system: determinants of consortship success	1999, 57: 593–601	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Male mating behaviour and sperm production characteristics under varying sperm competition risk in guppies	1999, 58: 1001–1006	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Effects of body size and home range on access to mates and paternity in male bridled nailtail wallabies	1999, 58: 121–130	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Proximate factors associated with high levels of extra-consort fertilization in polygynous grey seals	1999, 58:527–535	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Sexual selection and the evolution of exclusive paternal care in arthropods	2000, 60: 559–567	No	Yes	Yes	No	Male	—
Lack of parasite-mediated sexual selection in a ladybird/sexually transmitted disease system	2002, 63: 131–141	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	No
Sexual selection, multiple mating and paternity in grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus	2002, 63: 259–268	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Genetic monogamy in Monteiro's hornbill, Tockus monteiri	2002, 63: 787–793	No	Yes	No	No	Female	No
The effects of sexual selection and life history on the genetic structure of redfronted lemur, Eulemur fulvus rufus, groups	2002, 64: 557–568	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	No
Effects of repeated mating and polyandry on the fecundity, fertility and maternal behaviour of female earwigs, Euborellia plebeja	2003, 65: 205–214	No	Yes	No	No	Female	No
Spacing behaviour and its implications for the mating system of a precocial small mammal: an almost asocial cavy Cavia magna?	2003, 66: 225–238	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	No
Behavioural defenses against sexually transmitted diseases in primates	2003, 66: 37–48	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	—
Extrapair paternity in the common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, revealed by DNA fingerprinting	2004, 67: 333–342	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	No
Spacing pattern in a social group of stray cats: effects on male reproductive success	2004, 68: 175–180	No	Yes	Yes	No		No
Extrapair paternity and offspring immunocompetence in the reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus	2004, 68: 283–289	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Estimates of extreme sperm production: morphological and experimental evidence from reproductively promiscuous fairy-wrens (Malurus)	2004, 68: 541–550	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
A pair choice test to identify female mating pattern relative to ovulation in longtailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis	2005, 70: 1283–1296	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	No
Context-dependent male mating preferences for unfamiliar females	2005, 70: 1429–1437	No	Yes	Yes	No	Male	No
Social modulation of androgens in male vertebrates: meta-analyses of the challenge hypothesis	2006, 71: 265–277	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	—
Number of mates and timing of mating affect offspring growth in the small marsupial Antechinus agilis	2006, 71: 289–297	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Variation in the cost to females of the sexual conflict over mating in the seed bug, Lygaeus equestris	2006, 72: 313–321	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	No
The impact of lekking on the spatial variation in payoffs to resource-defending topi bulls, Damaliscus lunatus	2008, 75: 1229–1234	No	Yes	No	No	Female	Yes
Investment in eggs is influenced by male coloration in the ostrich, Struthio camelus	2009, 77: 1027–1032	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	No
Male coloration reveals different components of immunocompetence in ostriches, Struthio camelus	2009, 77: 1033–1039	No	Yes	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Paternity assurance through frequent copulations in a wild passerine with intense sperm competition	2009, 77: 183–187	No	Yes	No	No	Female	No
Quantifying and comparing mating systems using normalized mutual entropy	2009, 77: 201–206	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Both	—
Do male guppies distinguish virgin females from recently mated ones?	2009, 77: 425–431	No	Yes	No	No	Female	Yes
Another genetically promiscuous ‘polygynous’ mammal: mating system variation in Neotoma fuscipes	2009, 77: 449–455	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Both	No
Male dominance rank and reproductive success in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii	2009, 77: 873–885	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Male feeding rate and extrapair paternity in the facultatively polygynous spotless starling	2009, 78: 1335–1341	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	No
Male mate-searching strategies and female cues: how do male guppies find receptive females?	2010, 79: 1191–1197	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Plumage coloration, ejaculate quality and reproductive phenotype in the red-backed fairy-wren	2010, 79: 1239–1246	No	Yes	Yes	No	Female	Yes
Male aggression and sexual coercion in wild West African chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus	2010, 79: 333–342	No	Yes	No	No	Both	Yes
Sperm removal, ejaculation and their behavioural interaction in male cuttlefish in response to female mating history	2010, 79: 613–619	No	No	Yes	Yes	Both	No

¹Not included for theoretical or review papers.

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