Flight-reproduction trade-offs are weak in a field cage experiment across multiple Drosophila species.

ABSTRACT: Flight-reproduction trade-offs, such that more mobile individuals sacrifice reproductive output (e.g., fecundity) or incur fitness costs, are well-studied in a handful of wing-dimorphic model systems. However, these trade-offs have not been systematically assessed across reproduction-related traits and taxa in wing monomorphic species despite having broad implications for the ecology and evolution of pterygote insect species. Here we therefore determined the prevalence, magnitude and direction of flight-reproduction trade-offs on several fitness-related traits in a semi-field setting by comparing disperser and resident flies from repeated releases of five wild-caught, laboratory-reared Drosophila species, and explicitly controlling for a suite of potential confounding effects (mater

SUBMITTER: De Araujo LI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10244903 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature