The findings that male field crickets increase the refractory period rather than produce smaller spermatophores between successive matings, that the costs of spermatophore production reduce the life span in male stalk-eyed flies, and that sperm counts decrease in successive ejaculates in male deer mice suggest that
A) costs to males associated with producing sperm and secretions from accessory glands are fairly trivial.
B) male selectivity is rare.
C) males remain undiscriminatingly eager in the allocation of ejaculates.
D) sperm supplies may be limited.

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These findings all indicate that there are significant costs and limitations associated with sperm production and allocation in males across different species, suggesting that sperm supplies may indeed be limited.

The Findings That Male Field Crickets Increase the Refractory Period