Essays about: "courtship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word courtship.

  1. 1. Differences in velocity between the sexes and stages of courtship in a dance fly

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Filip Myllyaho; [2022-02-17]
    Keywords : Dansfluga; Hilara maura; höghastighetskamera; partner-val; Dance fly; Hilara maura; high-speed camera; mate choice;

    Abstract : Dance flies (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) are famous for their elaborate mating behaviour, which can be broken down to three distinct stages in adults: hunting, swarming, and mating. In many species, males hunt for prey that they present as nuptial gifts to recipient females in swarms, after which the pair will copulate in the air or after landing on nearby vegetation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Jane Austen’s Exploration of Romanticism: Teaching “older” Literature Through Northanger Abbey in the Swedish Upper-Secondary English Classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Fredrik Rosberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Northanger Abbey; Jane Austen; teaching literature; literary genres; EFL; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper argues that Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is a valuable pedagogical resource that can address the Swedish National Agency for Education’s mandate on the coverage of “older” literature in Swedish EFL courses at upper secondary school in a flexible and thorough way. Presupposing that the novel comprises various literary genres and forms, the paper provides a close reading through a proposed perspective on Romanticism, in which a continuum consisting of domestic felicity, courtship and the Gothic is foregrounded. READ MORE

  4. 3. The role of copulatory wound infliction on fitness in Drosophila melanogaster

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Dennis Leandersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Copulatory wounding; Fecundity; Drosophila; Fitness; Cryptic female choice; Adaptive harm hypothesis; Pleiotropic harm hypothesis;

    Abstract : One of the more fascinating Darwinian puzzles in sexual selection is that of copulatory wounding. For those taxa displaying this behavior, and that does not engage in traumatic insemination, the function of wound infliction during copulation remains unknown. READ MORE

  5. 4. Visual reactions to auditory stimulus by the jumping spider Phidippus princeps (Araneae, Salticidae)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Philip Denbaum; [2019]
    Keywords : spider; jumping spider; hearing; vision; behavior; stimuli;

    Abstract : Jumping spiders (Family Salticidae) are known for their exceptional vision, including color vision and spatial acuity. Salticids use their vision in many behaviors, including predation and courtship. Recently evidence of their ability to sense airborne vibrations, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 5. Kan hästens välfärd förbättras genom studier av frilevande hästars beteenden?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Victoria Vesterholm; [2018]
    Keywords : Häst; naturligt; beteende; behov; domesticering; hästhållning; välfärd;

    Abstract : I denna litteraturstudie jämförs den domesticerade hästens beteenden med de beteenden som finns dokumenterade hos frilevande hästar. Syftet är att undersöka om välfärden kan förbättras hos de domesticerade hästarna genom att förstå behovens ursprung. READ MORE