Courtship duration patterns
Females control courtship in male resource defense and self-advertisement systems
- courtship is typically prolonged and involves many male display behaviors
- e.g. most birds, lekking and paternal care species
- Females also control courtship in predatory species, e.g. spiders, preying mantis, lions
Males control courtship in female defense systems
- courtship is often short or absent, females may even solicit matings to insure fertility
- some insect males mate with females before eclosion
- some sea slugs use ìlove dartsî