Female sea lamprey shift orientation toward a conspecific chemical cue to escape a sensory trap

Cory O. Brant, Nicholas S. Johnson, Ke Li, Tyler J. Buchinger and Weiming Li

Behavioral Ecology, 2016, vol. 27, issue 3, 810-819

Abstract: Lay Summary In some species, males signal with a trait that exploits female preference for a cue in another context. Females may need to adjust their behavior if the optimal response to the trait is different between contexts. Female sea lamprey orient to a juvenile-released bile salt during prespawn migration, and males appear to exploit this female preference by signaling with the same compound during spawning. Here, we document a transition in female orientation to the chemical cue between the contexts of prespawn migration and mate search.

Keywords: mate search; olfaction; Petromyzon marinus; pheromone; sensory bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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