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Behavioral and demographic changes following the loss of the breeding female in cooperatively breeding marmosets 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
C. Lazaro-Perea C. S. S. Castro R. Harrison A. Araujo M. F. Arruda C. T. Snowdon 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2000,48(2):137-146
Recent models of the evolution and dynamics of family structure in cooperatively breeding vertebrates predict that the opening
of breeding vacancies in cooperatively breeding groups will result in (1) dispersal movements to fill the reproductive position,
and (2) within-group conflict over access to reproduction. We describe the behavioral and demographic changes that followed
the creation of breeding vacancies in three wild groups of cooperatively breeding common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Replacement of the breeding female was rapid when no adult females remained in the group, but did not occur for several
months when other adult females were present. Aggression of adult animals towards same-sex potential immigrants was associated
with a period of reduced affiliation, increased intragroup agonism, no intragroup sexual behavior, and frequent extragroup
copulations. This ended with the fissioning of groups along sexual lines. After replacement, multiple males copulated with
multiple females and vice versa, with no increases in sexually related aggression. Female-female conflict was resolved through
infanticide. The lack of direct conflict between males is consistent with cooperative polyandry. After a breeding vacancy
appeared, marmoset groups showed conflict of interests among group members similar to those shown by cooperatively breeding
birds, but they used different behavioral mechanisms to resolve those conflicts. Our data provide important evidence from
a cooperatively breeding mammal to support Emlen’s model for the evolution of vertebrate families, but they suggest that species-specific
inter- and intrasexual competitive strategies should be considered before the model can be applied to other cooperatively
breeding vertebrates.
Received: 23 November 1999 / Received in revised form: 28 March 2000 / Accepted: 1 April 2000 相似文献
2.
The small cichlid fish Neolamprologus multifasciatus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika and is unique among fish because it lives in complex social groups with several reproductive
males and females, all of which participate in defending their territory against neighbors and intruders. Individuals use
empty snail shells for breeding and shelter. Previous parentage analysis using microsatellites suggested occasional exchange
of individuals between groups. In field experiments, we found that females showed a higher tendency than males to migrate
into territories already occupied by a resident pair. The phenomenon and causes of female-biased immigration were further
investigated in aquarium experiments: Nine of 15 females, but only 2 of 15 equally sized males, settled in territories of
established pairs. Territorial males exhibited more aggression toward strange males (potential reproductive competitors) than
toward strange females (potential additional mates); their females were more aggressive toward strange females (probably competitors
for shells) than toward strange males. Apparently, a conflict exists between the sexes regarding the immigration of additional
females. This conflict seems to be the selective basis for observed active male interference in aggressive disputes between
females in the territory. Interfemale tolerance in a group was greater in the male’s presence than in his absence.
Received: 1 February 2000 / Received in revised form: 2 May 2000 / Accepted: 5 May 2000 相似文献
3.
Tug-of-war over reproduction in a cooperatively breeding cichlid 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In group-living animals, dominants may suppress subordinate reproduction directly and indirectly, thereby skewing reproduction
in their favour. In this study, we show experimentally that this ability (‘power’) is influenced by resource distribution
and the body size difference between unrelated dominants and subordinates in the cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. Reproduction was strongly skewed towards the dominant female, due to these females producing more and larger clutches and
those clutches surviving egg eating better than those of subordinate females, but was not so when subordinates defended a
patch. If breeding shelters were provided in two patches, subordinate females were more likely to exclusively defend a patch
against the dominant female and breed, compared to when the same breeding resource was provided in one patch. Relatively large
subordinate females were more likely to defend a patch and reproduce. Females also directly interfered with each other’s reproduction
by eating the competitors’ eggs, at which dominants were more successful. Although dominant females benefited from subordinate
females due to alloparental care and an increase in egg mass, they also showed costs due to reduced growth in the presence
of subordinates. The results support the view that the dominant’s power to control subordinate reproduction determines reproductive
partitioning, in agreement with the predictions from tug-of-war models of reproductive skew. 相似文献
4.
A. Koenig 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2000,48(2):93-109
Van Schaik’s socioecological model predicts interrelations among food distribution, competitive regimes, and female social
relationships. To test the internal consistency of the model, feeding competition was examined in three differently sized
groups of a forest-dwelling population of Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus). The nutritional condition of females was used as a direct indicator of feeding competition and related to the seasonal
variation in resource distribution and abundance. Female dominance hierarchies were characterized by displacements. Dominance
hierarchies were significantly linear and relatively stable, but less so with increasing group size. Physical condition correlated
with dominance rank and high-ranking females were in the best condition, indicating within-group contest competition. The
strength of this relationship became less pronounced with increasing group size. The females of the medium-sized group were
in the best physical condition indicating between-group contest plus within-group scramble competition. Closer examination
revealed variable costs and benefits of group foraging with a predominance of within-group scramble competition when food
was more abundant. The results support some basic predictions of the model. Limiting food abundance was bound to ubiquitous
within-group scramble competition. The use of clumped resources translated into differences in net energy gain based on dominance.
In contrast to the predictions, group-size-related costs and benefits were related to food abundance instead of food distribution.
As predicted, within-group contest competition was linked to a linear dominance hierarchy. The absence of nepotism and coalitions
in Hanuman langurs may be attributed to dominance hierarchies that are unstable through time, probably minimizing fitness
gain via kin support.
Received: 25 May 1999 / Received in revised form: 18 February 2000 / Accepted: 25 February 2000 相似文献
5.
Erin R. Vogel 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2005,58(4):333-344
The effect of aggressive competition over food resources on energy intake rate is analyzed for individuals of three groups of 25–35 white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, living in and near Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. An individuals energy intake rate on a given food species was affected by its rank and the number of agonistic interactions within the feeding tree. Dominant group members had higher energy intake rates relative to subordinate group members whether or not there was agonism within the feeding tree. Low- and mid-ranked individuals had lower energy intake rates in trees with higher amounts of aggression, while energy intake rate of high-ranked individuals was not affected by the amount of aggression in the feeding tree. Energy intake was not influenced by the sex of the individual when rank was held constant statistically. Energy intake was positively correlated with total crown energy (measured in kilojoules) within the feeding tree for two of three study groups. This difference may be explained by the quality of each groups territory. Finally, high-ranked individuals are responsible for the majority of agonism within feeding trees and target middle- and low-ranked individuals equally. These findings fit the predictions of current socioecological models for within-group contest competition over food resources. The results of this study suggest that within-group competition affects energy intake rate in white-faced capuchin monkeys. 相似文献
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Mate choice games, context-dependent good genes, and genetic cycles in the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
According to mate choice models, a female should prefer males with traits that are reliable indicators of genetic quality
which the sire can pass on to their progeny. However, good genes may depend on the social environment, and female choice for
good genes should be context dependent. The side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, exhibits genetically based throat colors (orange, blue, or yellow) that could be used as a sexually selected signal since
they reliably predict the genetic quality of mates. The frequencies of male and female morphs cycle between years, and both
male and female morphs have an advantage when rare; thus genetic quality will depend on morph frequency. A female should choose
a sire that maximizes the reproductive success of both male and female progeny. We examine a game theoretical model that predicts
female mate choice as a function of morph frequency and population density. The model predicts the following flexible mate
choice rule: both female morphs should prefer rare males in ’boom years’ of the female cycle (e.g., ’rarest-of-N rule’), but
prefer orange males in ’crash years’ of the female cycle (’orange-male rule’). Cues from the current social environment should
be used by females to choose a mate that maximizes the future reproductive success of progeny, given the social environment
of the next generation. We predict that the cue is the density of aggressive orange females. In the side-blotched lizard,
cycling mate choice games and context-dependent mate choice are predicted to maintain genetic variation in the presence of
choice for good genes.
Received: 8 March 2000 / Revised: 26 August 2000 / Accepted: 4 September 2000 相似文献
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Aviva E. Liebert Peter Nonacs Robert K. Wayne 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2005,57(5):445-456
Female Polistes paper wasps are capable of independent nesting, yet many populations demonstrate a mixture of solitary and cooperative nest foundation. Previous studies of Polistes have found survival and/or productivity advantages of cooperative nest foundation compared to solitary nesting, and reproductive skew models have been designed to predict the dynamics of such flexible cooperation. In this paper, we examine the success of different nesting strategies in a previously unstudied population of Polistes aurifer in southern California. The colony cycle of this population is less synchronous than that of other temperate species, and the frequency of solitary nesting averages 86.2%. Our data suggest that this low rate of cooperative nest founding is adaptive, as demonstrated by the lack of survival or productivity advantages for cooperative foundress associations. Due to foundress turnover and nest foundation later in the season, many nests produce only one set of offspring. This results in a loss of the eusocial nature of some nests in the population. Data from a small sample of multifoundress nests show significant positive reproductive skew, despite concession model predictions that skew should be low in populations with low ecological constraints on independent nesting. This lack of support for the concessions skew model reflects a diminished incentive for cooperation.Communicated by L. Keller 相似文献
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Maternal investment in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): reproductive costs and consequences of raising sons 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Maternal investment in offspring is expected to vary according to offspring sex when the reproductive success of the progeny
is a function of differential levels of parental expenditure. We conducted a longitudinal investigation of rhesus macaques
to determine whether variation in male progeny production, measured with both DNA fingerprinting and short tandem repeat marker
typing, could be traced back to patterns of maternal investment. Males weigh significantly more than females at birth, despite
an absence of sex differences in gestation length. Size dimorphism increases during infancy, with maternal rank associated
with son’s, but not daughter’s, weight at the end of the period of maternal investment. Son’s, but not daughter’s, weight
at 1 year of age is significantly correlated with adult weight, and male, but not female, weight accounts for a portion of
the variance in reproductive success. Variance in annual offspring output was three- to fourfold higher in males than in females.
We suggest that energetic costs of rearing sons could be buffered by fetal delivery of testosterone to the mother, which is
aromatized to estrogen and fosters fat accumulation during gestation. We conclude that maternal investment is only slightly
greater in sons than in daughters, with mothers endowing sons with extra resources because son, but not daughter, mass has
ramifications for offspring sirehood. However, male reproductive tactics supersede maternal investment patterns as fundamental
regulators of male fitness.
Received: 23 July 1999 / Received in revised form: 23 February 2000 / Accepted: 13 March 2000 相似文献
9.
Among primates, group size is highly variable. The standard ecological model assumes that better predation avoidance as group
size increases favours living in larger groups, whereas increased travel costs and reduced net food intake due to within-group
competition for resources set the upper limit. Folivorous primates, however, tend to defy this generalisation in that some
live in small groups despite low costs of feeding competition. To resolve this ’folivore paradox’, it has been suggested that folivore group size is limited by social factors such as male
harassment or infanticide, or that females can disperse more easily and thus maintain group size near optimum levels. In this
paper, we examine the effects of group size on home range size, day-journey length, activity budget and diet in wild Thomas’s
langurs (Presbytis thomasi), which live in one-male multi-female groups with a limited life cycle. We examined only data from the stable middle tenure
phase when factors such as the strength of the breeding male or the way in which groups were formed did not influence ranging
and activities. During this phase, group size affected day-journey length and home range size, and had a minor effect on diet,
but did not influence time spent feeding or resting, allogrooming or birth rates. Hence the upper limit to group size during
the middle tenure phase in Thomas’s langurs is not set by feeding competition. The folivore paradox is not due to frequent
female dispersal in Thomas’s langurs. The timing of female dispersal is not as expected if it serves to keep group sizes near
the ecological optimum, and groups seem to be below this optimum. Instead, female reproductive success is presumably maximised
in small to mid-sized groups because larger groups show a clear trend to experience higher risk of take-over, often accompanied
by infanticide. Because females can redistribute themselves among nearby groups when groups reorganise each time a new male
starts up a new group, females can keep the group small. Thus, a social factor, risk of infanticide, seems to provide the
selective advantage to small group size in Thomas’s langurs.
Received: 29 July 1999 / Revised: 17 November 1999 / Accepted: 15 October 2000 相似文献
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Melissa Emery Thompson Martin N. Muller Richard W. Wrangham 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2014,68(12):1973-1983
Sexual conflict develops when the optimal reproductive strategy for one sex inflicts fitness costs upon the other sex. Among species with intense within-group feeding competition and high costs of reproduction, females are expected to experience reduced foraging efficiency by associating with males, and this may compromise their reproductive ability. Here, we test this hypothesis in chimpanzees, a species with flexible grouping patterns in which female avoidance of large subgroups has been attributed to their relatively high costs of grouping. In an >11-year study of the Kanyawara community of East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Kibale National Park, Uganda, the availability of sexually receptive females was a key determinant of the number of males in parties. In turn, females experienced significantly lower C-peptide of insulin levels, indicative of reduced energy balance, during periods when they associated with more males. Female associates did not produce the same negative effect. C-peptide levels positively and significantly predicted female ovarian steroid production, indicating that the costs of associating with males can lead to downstream reproductive costs. Therefore, we conclude that Kanyawara chimpanzees exhibit sexual conflict over subgroup formation, with the large groupings that allow males to compete for mating opportunities inflicting energetic and reproductive costs on females. Because association with males is central to female chimpanzees’ anti-infanticide strategy, and males may confer other benefits, we propose that reproductive success in female chimpanzees hinges on a delicate balance between the costs and benefits of associating with male conspecifics. 相似文献
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Ben T. Hirsch 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(2):391-399
A variety of factors can influence an individual’s choice of within-group spatial position. For terrestrial social animals,
predation, feeding success, and social competition are thought to be three of the most important variables. The relative importance
of these three factors was investigated in groups of ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua) in Iguazú, Argentina. Different age/sex classes responded differently to these three variables. Coatis were found in close
proximity to their own age/sex class more often than random, and three out of four age/sex classes were found to exhibit within-group
spatial position preferences which differed from random. Juveniles were located more often at the front edge and were rarely
found at the back of the group. Juveniles appeared to choose spatial locations based on feeding success and not predation
avoidance. Since juveniles are the most susceptible to predation and presumably have less prior knowledge of food source location,
these results have important implications in relation to predator-sensitive foraging and models of democratic group leadership.
Subadults were subordinate to adult females, and their relationships were characterized by high levels of aggression. This
aggression was especially common during the first half of the coati year (Nov–April), and subadults were more peripheralized
during this time period. Subadults likely chose spatial positions to avoid aggression and were actively excluded from the
center of the group by adult females. In the Iguazú coati groups, it appeared that food acquisition and social agonism were
the major determinants driving spatial choice, while predation played little or no role. This paper demonstrates that within-group
spatial structure can be a complex process shaped by differences in body size and nutritional requirements, food patch size
and depletion rate, and social dominance status. How and why these factors interact is important to understanding the costs
and benefits of sociality and emergent properties of animal group formation. 相似文献
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The adaptive significance of multiple matings for females is a matter of much controversy. In insects, supplying the female’s
sperm reserves with portions of fresh spermatozoa may be the main function of multiple matings. This simple explanation may
also be applied to other animals which produce large numbers of eggs over prolonged periods of time. We tested the fertility
insurance hypothesis in Montandon’s newt (Triturus montandoni, Amphibia, Salamandridae). T. montandoni females are inseminated internally by spermatophores they have picked up, and subsequently lay eggs fertilized by spermatozoa
released from the spermatheca. We compared the reproductive success of singly and multiply inseminated females of Montandon’s
newt in the laboratory. Multiply inseminated females laid more eggs and had a lower percentage of non-developing eggs than
females who mated only once. Our data suggest that remating increases the reproductive success of multiply inseminated females
by replenishing sperm reserves in the spermatheca or by supplying females with fresh portions of spermatozoa with high fertilizing
capacity.
Received: 7 January 2000 / Revised: 13 September 2000 / Accepted: 7 October 2000 相似文献
13.
The establishment of dominance hierarchies through aggressive interactions is very common in insect societies. In many cases,
it is also mediated through pheromone emissions that enable individuals to evaluate the reproductive quality and level of
aggressiveness of the dominant individual, thereby reducing the number and intensity of costly fights. Here, we studied these
processes in the primitively eusocial bee Bombus terrestris, using a paired bee system. Specifically, we investigated the behavioral, reproductive, and pheromonal correlates of dominance
establishment. Workers were shown to establish dominance hierarchies using overt aggression within 3–4 days. Thereafter, the
aggression drastically decreased, and dominance was maintained mostly by ritualized agonistic behavior. The behaviorally dominant
bee lost the ester compounds that workers produce in their Dufour's gland (the so-called “sterility signal”) concomitantly
with the development of her ovaries. The other bee announced as subordinate by continuously producing high amounts of those
esters. The hypothesis that sterility signaling serves as an appeasement signal to pacify the dominant bees is supported by
the negative correlation found between the proportion of these esters and the level of aggression that the subordinate received
from the dominant worker. Physical interactions, and presumably also the ensuing overt aggression between the bees, were essential
for the above pheromonal change to take place and enabled the dominant workers to develop their ovaries and to lay eggs. The
subordinate bee’s signaling of non-reproductive status may minimize energy expenditure in costly fights and help stabilize
the reproductive division of labor among workers. 相似文献
14.
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is notoriously difficult to study in the wild, but its interesting reproductive ecology makes the effort worthwhile. Perhaps
more than most species, the panda is energy-limited, which alters the cost/benefit analysis of its reproductive ecology. Using
global positioning system/very high frequency radiocollars to locate mating aggregations, we used behavioral observations
and fecal testosterone assays to gain insight into male panda reproductive effort and strategies, and test theories relating
to reproductive competition. Male pandas initially competed fiercely for access to females that were about to be fertile,
but once male competitive status was determined, aggression rates declined. Contact aggression was only observed during the
first 2 days of mating aggregations; thereafter, it was replaced with noncontact aggression and avoidance. Agonistic interactions
were highly asymmetrical, with contest losers (subordinates) showing less aggression and more avoidance than contest winners
(dominants), both before and after contest outcome was established. The competitively superior male displayed mate-guarding
tactics and secured all observed copulations. Contrary to theoretical predictions, testosterone levels did not predict aggression
levels or contest winners and also were not affected by winning or losing a contest. Body size appeared to be the primary
determinant of contest outcome. We discuss our findings in light of theoretical predictions, such as those arising from the
“challenge hypothesis,” in the context of the giant panda’s foraging and nutritional ecology. 相似文献
15.
Control of reproduction in social insect colonies: individual and collective relatedness preferences in the paper wasp, Polistes annularis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
David C. Queller J. M. Peters Carlos R. Solís Joan E. Strassmann 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,40(1):3-16
Social insect colonies often have one or a few queens. How these queens maintain their reproductive monopoly, when other
colony members could gain by sharing in the reproduction, is not generally known. DNA microsatellite genotyping is used to
determine reproductive interests of various classes of colony members in the paper wasp, Polistes annularis. The relatedness estimates show that the best outcome for most individuals is to be the reproductive egg-layer. For workers,
this depends on the sex of offspring: they should prefer to lay their own male eggs, but are indifferent if the queen lays
the female eggs. The next-best choice is usually to support the current queen. As a rule, subordinates and workers should
prefer the current queen to reproduce over other candidates (though subordinates have no strong preference for the queen over
other subordinates, and workers may prefer other workers as a source of male eggs). This result supports the theory that reproductive
monopoly stems from the collective preferences of non-reproductives, who suppress each other in favor of the queen. However,
we reject the general hypothesis of collective worker control in this species because its predictions about who should succeed
after the death of the present queen are not upheld. The first successor is a subordinate foundress even though workers should
generally prefer a worker successor. If all foundresses have died, an older worker succeeds as queen, in spite of a collective
worker preference for a young worker. The results support the previous suggestion that age serves as a conventional cue serving
to reduce conflict over queen succession.
Received: 3 May 1996 / Accepted after revision: 22 September 1996 相似文献
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For primitively eusocial insects in which a single foundress establishes a nest at the start of the colony cycle, the solitary provisioning phase before first worker emergence represents a risky period when other, nestless foundresses may attempt to usurp the nest. In the primitively eusocial sweat bee Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), spring foundresses compete for nests which are dug into hard soil. Nest-searching foundresses (‘floaters’) frequently inspected nests during this solitary phase and thereby exerted a usurpation pressure on resident queens. Usurpation has been hypothesised to increase across the solitary provisioning phase and favour closure of nests at an aggregation, marking the termination of the solitary provisioning phase by foundresses, before worker emergence. However, our experimental and observational data suggest that usurpation pressure may remain constant or even decrease across the solitary provisioning phase and therefore cannot explain nest closure before first worker emergence. Levels of aggression during encounters between residents and floaters were surprisingly low (9% of encounters across 2 years), and the outcome of confrontations was in favour of residents (resident maintains residency in 94% of encounters across 2 years). Residents were significantly larger than floaters. However, the relationship between queen size and offspring production, though positive, was not statistically significant. Size therefore seems to confer a considerable advantage to a queen during the solitary provisioning phase in terms of nest residency, but its importance in terms of worker production appears marginal. Factors other than intraspecific usurpation need to be invoked to explain the break in provisioning activity of a foundress before first worker emergence. 相似文献
17.
Walter R. Tschinkel 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(4-5):247-257
Many benefits and risks of cooperative colony founding (pleometrosis) have been identified, but rarely have the proximate
factors that lead to association been considered. This study examined the choices queens make during the first few hours after
mating, and some of the correlates of those choices. Queens had a strong affinity for preformed holes in the soil and readily
used these as their initial founding chambers. This affinity was so strong that in a field experiment, the dispersion pattern
of preformed holes controlled the final dispersion of colony-founding queens. Attraction to partially formed holes is thus
an important cause of pleometrosis. The excavation of complete founding chambers incurred no measurable cost on the subsequent
reproductive output of queens, suggesting that the primary benefit of using preformed holes is to remove the queen quickly
from exposure to predation and desiccation. In the field, pairs of queens offered five equivalent preformed holes in soil
were more likely to share the same hole if the holes were shallow and close together. In these experiments, queens modified
preformed soil holes so that the test holes were no longer equivalent, causing the choice of queen and hole to become confounded.
Laboratory experiments in plaster arenas with unmodifiable holes confirmed the field experiments: queens were more likely
to share a hole when the holes were shallow than when they were deep. Because queens entering adequately deep holes seldom
reemerged, this suggested that the likelihood of sharing increased with increasing contact between queens, that is, when queens
were readily and frequently detected. Such contacts will also predict the future competitive environments to be experienced
by incipient colonies, and may temper the tendency of queens to associate. However, experiments in which queens were exposed
to high and low densities before pairing in the choice arenas failed to show an effect on the choice to join the resident
queen. Queens that joined a resident queen differed in their robustness from queens that did not join. Queens choosing their
own partners did no better reproductively than those assigned partners at random. Overall, this study suggests that (1) newly
mated queens are under strong selection to leave the soil surface and do so by using any available holes, whether dug by another
queen or of some other origin; (2) they are attracted to other queens, and are more likely to cofound as contact with the
potential cofoundress becomes more frequent and (3) they choose whether or not to cofound partly on the basis of their own
reproductive characteristics.
Received: 20 November 1997 / Accepted after revision: 14 March 1998 相似文献
18.
The primates of Madagascar (Lemuriformes) are unusual among mammals in that polygynous species lack sexual dimorphism, and
females dominate males socially in most species. Moreover, lemur groups are relatively small and characterized by even adult
sex ratios despite the fact that one male should be able to exclude other males from the group. One hypothesis to explain
this combination of behavioral, morphological, and demographic traits (the “lemur syndrome”) postulates that male–male competition
is relaxed and, hence, variance in male reproductive success is low. Reproductive skew theory provides a framework for testing
this and several related predictions about lemur social evolution. Specifically, low reproductive skew is also predicted if
dominant males or adult females make reproductive concessions to subordinates or if the latter group successfully pursues
alternative reproductive tactics. However, suitable data on paternity, demography, and behavior for a conclusive test of these
predictions have not been available in the past. In this paper, we show that male reproductive success in ten groups of Verreaux’s
sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) was extremely skewed in favor of the dominant male over 9 years. Our genetic analyses also revealed that more than a third
of all groups are effectively harem groups because only one male was unrelated to the resident female(s). In groups with two
or more non-natal males, the dominant sired 91% of 33 infants. Together, males pursuing one of several alternative reproductive
tactics, such as roaming among several groups or immigrating peacefully, sired only 11% of infants. Thus, female sifakas do
not control group composition by offering reproductive opportunities to subordinate males as staying incentives, intrasexual
selection is not relaxed, and dominant males prevail in a tug-of-war over subordinate males. Because male reproductive skew
in sifakas is even more pronounced than in harem-living anthropoids studied to date, intrasexual selection is clearly not
relaxed, and the lemur syndrome is more puzzling than ever. 相似文献
19.
Female control of offspring paternity in a western population of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
E. M. Gray 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1996,38(4):267-278
Extra-pair copulations, which occur when individuals that have formed social relationships to breed copulate outside their
pairbond, now are recognized as an important component of reproductive success in many species. In situations where both males
and females benefit from extra-pair copulations without incurring much risk, an inevitable conflict arises between pairbonded
mates. In this study I investigated the conflict of interest between male and female reproductive strategies in a western
population of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Female red wings in this population initiate extra-pair copulations, which resulted in a 35% rate of extra-pair fertilization.
Females initiated the majority (78%) of extra-pair copulations away from their nesting territory where pairbonded individuals
typically copulate, and females that engaged in extra-pair copulations spent a significantly greater amount of time off the
marsh during peak fertilization compared to females that did not. In addition, females that nested in areas with a large number
of potential extra-pair partners produced significantly more extra-pair fertilized young compared to females that nested on
marshes with few male neighbors. Males’ strategies to protect paternity were limited primarily to patrolling territory boundaries
and to opportunistically preventing extra-pair copulations off the marsh when they were visible. In this population females
appear to use behavioral means to control nestling paternity, which in turn directly affected their mate’s reproductive success,
and males were restricted to using strategies that were largely ineffective at preventing the threat of extra-pair paternity.
Received: 23 December 1994/Accepted after revision: 17 December 1995 相似文献
20.
Many species of territorial animals are more aggressive toward strangers than neighbors, a pattern of aggression referred
to as the ’dear-enemy phenomenon.’ In many cases, the mechanism by which neighbors are discriminated from strangers and the
function of neighbor-stranger discrimination remain controversial. We investigated the spatial patterns of inter-colony aggression
within and between two Pheidole species of seed-harvesting ants in the Mojave Desert of California by quantifying aggression between colonies in standardized
staged encounters. We also tested whether the level of fighting between workers of two colonies is affected by previous exposure
to each other. We show that neighbors (i.e., colonies less that 2.6 m away) of either species are treated less aggressively
than more distant colonies and that habituation may be a mechanism by which this discrimination is achieved. The variation
in aggression among spatially distant colonies also suggests that additional genetic or environmental factors are involved
in recognition. The function of the dear-enemy phenomenon in these ant species may be related to the greater risk to the resources
of a colony presented by strange workers than workers from a neighboring colony.
Received: 18 November 1999 / Received in revised form: 3 April 2000 / Accepted: 3 May 2000 相似文献