Mating Systems

Stephen M. Shuster

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11157-1

Mating Systems

Stephen M. Shuster

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Mating systems describe the circumstances in which sexual reproduction occurs within species. The study of mating systems has focused on classification; in plants based on floral morphologies that prevent or encourage selfing, and in animals based on mate numbers, usually obtained by males. A unified approach to mating system analysis emphasizes the measurement of evolutionary forces responsible for shaping reproductive phenology and breeding phenotypes. This empirical approach merges the study of plant and animal mating systems, and accommodates studies of fungal and protist mating systems, by focusing research questions on measurable evolutionary processes rather than on presumed evolutionary outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Ecology
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 1-4, Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	274-283
Number of pages	10
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780444637680
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11157-1
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Fitness variance
Genetic correlations
I
Mate choice
Mate numbers
Opportunity for selection
Sex differences
Sex ratio
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual selection

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General Environmental Science

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