{"id":6967,"date":"2022-04-20T02:24:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T06:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2022-04-20T03:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:12:25","slug":"a53-the-effects-of-male-competition-and-lighting-conditions-on-courtship-and-copulation-success-in-rabidosa-rabida-araneae-lycosidae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/a53-the-effects-of-male-competition-and-lighting-conditions-on-courtship-and-copulation-success-in-rabidosa-rabida-araneae-lycosidae\/","title":{"rendered":"A53: The Effects of Male Competition and Lighting Conditions on Courtship and Copulation Success in Rabidosa rabida (Araneae: Lycosidae)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My study focused on the ecology and behavior of the wolf spider, Rabidosa rabida. Many species of wolf spiders serve an important biocontrol function in agricultural systems. Understanding wolf spider population regulation mechanisms may be important to discerning their biocontrol function. One important regulatory mechanism, copulation success, could impact population size, growth, and density. My study examined the hypothesis that lighting conditions and male density affect copulation success in this species. I collected spiders from the field and raised them to maturity, then recorded 40 mating trials in which the density of males and the lighting environment were manipulated. For each trial, I observed and recorded the duration of male courtship behaviors, instances of female and male aggressive behaviors, and copulation success. Model selection was used to identify the variables that best predicted copulation success separately for single male and multiple male trials. In single male trials, male courtship activity primarily drives copulation success. In double male trials the features and tendencies of the female best predicts the outcome. Based on this conclusion, it is evident that courtship dynamics change when a female is faced with differing numbers of potential mates. However, there is no effect of lighting conditions on copulation success. Further research should be done exploring how courtship displays and aggressive interactions vary based on the number of males present. I plan to continue to actively participate in research throughout medical school and my career in the healthcare field. This experience has allowed me the opportunity to develop my critical thinking as well as practical laboratory skills that will serve as a great foundation to help me excel in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Camryn Michelle Zuch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisor: Ann Rypstra, Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Advisor: Hailey Shannon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My study focused on the ecology and behavior of the wolf spider, Rabidosa rabida. Many species of wolf spiders serve an important biocontrol function in agricultural systems. Understanding wolf spider population regulation mechanisms may be important to discerning their biocontrol function. One important regulatory mechanism, copulation success, could impact population size, growth, and density. My […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[924,930,1,24],"tags":[878,698,1208],"class_list":["post-6967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2022-talks","category-a45-55","category-projects","category-biology","tag-biology","tag-ecology","tag-mate-choice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbRpLx-1On","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}