Table 2.
Life-table characteristics for females mated to small or large males of varying mating history.
| Exp | Parameters | Females mated to large males | Females mated to small males | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM-1 | LM-3 | LM-4 | LM-5 | SM-1 | SM-3 | SM-4 | ||
| I | R0 | 52.3 | 44.6 | 48.4 | - | 44.0 | 44.9 | 7.0 |
| Tc | 20.2 | 18.4 | 18.4 | - | 19.9 | 19.5 | 26.3 | |
| r | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | - | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
| II | R0 | 80.4 | 66.6 | 59.0 | 18.0 | - | - | - |
| Tc | 19.6 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 22.7 | - | - | - | |
| r | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| III | R0 | 61.6 | - | 72.2 | 41.0 | 107.1 | 84.2 | 44.3 |
| Tc | 23.2 | - | 22.6 | 24.7 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 26.1 | |
| r | 0.8 | - | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
Net reproductive rate (R0), generation time (Tc), and intrinsic rate of increase (r) are displayed for each experiment. Dashes indicate data were not collected.