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Donahue Hall in the Fog
No full textDonahue Hall in the fog on an fall morning.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1050/thumbnail.jp
Donahue in the Snow
No full textDonahue Hall in the snow.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1044/thumbnail.jp
The Old Student Union in the Snow
No full textThe Old Student Union in the snow.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1043/thumbnail.jp
Morning Fog Over O\u27hara
No full textO\u27Hara Hall in the fog in the early morning.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1048/thumbnail.jp
The influence of maternal effects on indirect benefits associated with polyandry
No full textDespite numerous and diverse theoretical models for the indirect benefits of polyandry, empirical support is mixed. One reason for the difficulty in detecting indirect benefits of polyandry may be that these are subtle and are mediated by environmental effects, such as maternal effects. Maternal effects may be especially important if females allocate resources to their offspring depending on the characteristics of their mating partners. We test this hypothesis in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, a species that provides extensive and direct parental care to offspring. We used a fully factorial design and mated females to one, two, three, four or five different males and manipulated conditions so that their offspring received reduced (12 h) or full (ca 72 h) maternal care. We found that average offspring fitness increased with full maternal care but there was no significant effect of polyandry or the interaction between the duration of maternal care and the level of polyandry on offspring fitness. Thus, although polyandry could provide a mechanism for biasing paternity towards high quality or compatible males, and variation in parental care matters, we found no evidence that female N. vespilloides gain indirect benefits by using parental care to bias the allocation of resources under different mating conditions. © 2010 The Royal Society
The MacPhaidin Library in the Snow
No full textThe MacPhaidin Library in the snow.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1045/thumbnail.jp
Cushing-Martin Hall in the Winter
No full textCushing-Martin Hall surrounded by snow.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1041/thumbnail.jp
The Chapel of Mary in the Snow
No full textSnow piled in front of the Chapel of Mary.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1040/thumbnail.jp
Stained Glass in the Library
No full textThe stained glass window on the second floor of the MacPhaidin Library.https://soar.stonehill.edu/stonehillcampus_images/1046/thumbnail.jp