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Reproductive biology of a wood-boring isopod, Sphaeroma terebrans, with extended parental care 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
M. Thiel 《Marine Biology》1999,135(2):321-333
The isopod Sphaeroma terebrans Bate, 1866 burrows in aerial roots of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle L. The burrows serve as shelter and as a reproductive habitat, and females are known to host their offspring in their burrows.
I examined the reproductive biology of S. terebrans in the Indian River Lagoon, a shallow lagoon stretching for ∼200 km along the Atlantic coast of Florida, USA. Reproductive
isopods were found throughout the year, but reproductive activity was highest in the fall and during late spring/early summer.
During the latter periods, large numbers of subadults established their own burrows in aerial roots. The average numbers of
S. terebrans per root were high during the fall, but decreased during the winter and reached lowest levels at the end of the summer. Females
reached maturity at a larger size than males, but also grew to larger sizes than the males. The average size of females varied
between 8 and 10 mm, the average size of males between 6.5 and 8.5 mm. The number of embryos female−1 was strongly correlated with female body length. No indication for embryo mortality during development was found. Parental
females (i.e. with juveniles in their burrows) hosted on average between 5 and 20 juveniles in their burrows (range 1 to 59).
Most juveniles found in female burrows were in the manca stage and 2 to 3 mm in body length. Juveniles did not increase in
size while in the maternal burrow, and juveniles of similar sizes could also be found in their own burrows. Males did not
participate in extended parental care, since most of them left the females after copulation. Many females that were born in
the summer produced one brood in the fall and a second during winter/early spring. Females that were born in the fall produced
one brood during spring/early summer, but then probably died. Extended parental care in S. terebrans is short compared to other peracarid crustaceans. It is concluded that this reproductive strategy in S. terebrans serves primarily to shelter small juveniles immediately after they emerge from the female body, when their exoskeleton is
still hardening and their physiological capabilities are still developing. Thus, in S. terebrans, extended parental care probably aids to protect small juveniles from adverse physical conditions in their subtropical intertidal
habitat.
Received: 9 December 1998 / Accepted: 24 June 1999 相似文献
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M. Thiel 《Marine Biology》1997,130(2):249-258
Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson, 1853) is a widely distributed, abundant, endobenthic amphipod that engages in extended parental care, i.e. females
host their juveniles in their burrows for extended time periods. I examined reproduction and population biology of L. pinguis at mean low water (MLW) in muddy sediment in Lowes Cove, Maine, USA. Cores around individual burrows were taken monthly in
1994 and 1995, and four seasonal samples were taken at different tidal heights. During the major reproductive periods in spring/early
summer and in the fall, females produced several consecutive broods and hosted growing offspring in their burrows. Juveniles
remained in their mothers' burrows until they reached a length of 5 mm (approximately one-third adult size) or more. At the
study site, the majority of amphipods in individual burrows were adult females. Following the main reproductive periods, subadult
individuals were found in their own burrows, but densities did not increase following the reproductive period in spring/early
summer 1994, probably because large numbers of L. pinguis emigrated via the water column between June and December. L. pinguis is an annual species. Many members of the cohort born in spring/early summer start reproducing in the fall, and survive until
the following spring when they produce several broods. Members of the cohort born in the fall start reproducing the following
spring and also produce several consecutive broods. Both the spring/early summer and fall cohorts die off after the major
reproductive period in the following spring/early summer. High standing stocks of microphytobenthos occur in soft-bottoms
at MLW, and I conclude that L. pinguis can engage in extended parental care there because its food is abundant year-round. The limited expandability and low stability
of burrows in soft-bottoms at MLW do not permit long persistence of parent–offspring groups in L.␣pinguis.
Received: 27 March 1997 / Accepted: 30 July 1997 相似文献
3.
This paper reports a field investigation of interactions between juveniles and their mothers in the Australian sleepy lizard,
Tiliqua rugosa. In their first spring season, juvenile lizards maintain home ranges largely within the home range of their mother. Juvenile
home ranges are significantly smaller than those of adult males and females, and juveniles move significantly less often and
significantly shorter distances than adults. While siblings were never found together in the spring, they showed a significant
tendency to be closer to each other than if they were randomly located in their home ranges. Juveniles and mothers were never
found together, nor was there any evidence for any positive (or negative) spatial association. Nevertheless, the extended
tolerance of home range overlap represents a greater degree of mother-offspring association than has been previously reported
for other lizards. Despite this, the level of parental care can only be described as minimal.
Received: 20 June 1997 / Accepted after revision: 29 December 1997 相似文献
4.
M. Thiel 《Marine Biology》1998,132(2):209-221
The suspension-feeding amphipod Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875) is a common epibenthic amphipod that lives on self-constructed “mud whips” (built from filamentous algae,
detritus and sediment particles) in estuaries of the northern North Atlantic Ocean. The population biology of D. monacanthus at a shallow subtidal site in the Damariscotta River Estuary (Maine, USA) was examined between July 1995 and July 1997. The
resident population at the study site was dominated by adult females during most months of the year. High percentages of subadults
were found in late summer/early fall. Often, between 10 and 20% of the adult females were paired with males, and the percentage
of ovigerous females varied between 40 and 100%, indicating continuous reproduction. The percentage of parental females varied
between 40 and 80% during most months, but dropped to levels below 20% during summer/early fall. The average size of amphipods
on their own mud whips was ∼4 mm during the summer/early fall, after which it increased continuously to >7.0 mm in March or
April, and then dropped again. In March and April, the average number of eggs and juveniles female−1 was ∼100 eggs and 55 juveniles, while during the summer/early fall the average number of eggs female−1 was <20 and that of juveniles female−1 was <10. Many juveniles grew to large sizes (>1.4 mm) on their mothers' whips in winter/early spring but not in the summer/fall.
The average number of amphipods at the study site was low in late summer/early fall (<50 individuals m−2), increased steadily during the winter, and reached peak densities of >3000 individuals m−2 in April 1996 (>1600 individuals m−2 in May 1997), after which densities decreased again. The decrease of the D.␣monacanthus population at the study site coincided with a strong increase of amphipods found pelagic in the water column. This behavioural
shift occurred when temperatures increased and benthic predators became more abundant and active on shallow soft-bottoms,
suggesting that D. monacanthus at the study site is strongly affected by predation. The effects are direct (by predation on amphipods) and indirect (by
reducing duration of extended parental care and enhancing pelagic movements). Both extended parental care and pelagic movements
are important behavioural traits of D.␣monacanthus (and other marine amphipods), and significantly affect its population dynamics.
Received: 18 January 1998 / Accepted: 27 May 1998 相似文献
5.
O. Anne E. Rasa 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(2):105-113
Parastizopus armaticeps is a nocturnal subsocial detritivorous desert tenebrionid that produces very few offspring per brood. The two environmental
factors that constrain reproduction, rapid sand desiccation rate and food scarcity, are countered by biparental effort. Males
dig and extend breeding burrows, maintaining their moisture level; females forage on the surface at night for high-quality
detritus, the larval food. This was shown to be a scarce and unpredictable resource for which there is high competition. When
food was supplemented in a field experiment, offspring number and survivorship doubled and burrow failure due to desiccation
dropped from approximately half, the typical failure rate for unsupplemented burrows, to zero. Food supplementation did not,
however, increase larval foodstore size and there was no difference in the size of the offspring produced. Supplemented females
reallocated their time, foraging less and digging more with the male. This change in maternal behaviour patterns resulted
in deeper burrows which remained moist longer, thus extending the larval production period. Female foraging efficiency, particularly
food retrieval speed, determined how much time females could allocate to digging, consequently increasing the reproductive
success of the pair. Burrow depth and sand moisture level at the burrow base were the major correlates of reproductive success,
but the scarcity and unpredictability of high-quality food on the surface and the competition for this resource influenced
the number of offspring indirectly through their effect on female behaviour.
Received: 29 November 1996 / Accepted after revision: 7 December 1997 相似文献
6.
Juveniles of Leiognathus nuchalis were raised from fertilized eggs for up to 60 d and examined for luminescence activity. Almost all juveniles raised separately
from adults failed to produce detectable light. In contrast, a significant percentage (33 to 100%) of the juveniles became
luminescent in less than 48 h when they were either kept with adults or inoculated with a homogenate of the adult light organs.
The luminescence tended to increase with time after the treatments. These findings suggest that: (1) most of L. nuchalis offspring typically hatch and develop apo-symbiotically and (2) at least 45 d after hatching, juveniles can be infected with
symbiotic luminous bacteria from the light organ of adult fish, and thereby gain the ability to produce light.
Received: 16 February 1999 / Accepted: 21 September 1999 相似文献
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Juveniles of the planehead filefish Stephano-lepishispidus (Pisces: Monacanthidae) (Linnaeus, 1766) are a major component of the Sargassum spp. community, yet little is known of their ecology. In this study, the otolith record of age, growth, and ontogeny in S.
hispidus was examined. Juveniles caught off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina (USA) on 30 June 1996 were marked with alizarin complexone
and reared in a flow-through, outdoor tank for up to 19 days. Examination of marked otoliths at several time intervals showed
that increment formation was not significantly different than one increment per day, and thus, increment number was used to
estimate age. Depth-distribution, morphology, and meristics of larvae and juveniles collected (1990–1992) between Cape Romain,
South Carolina, and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, were examined to identify the timing of the larval to juvenile transition.
All indicators suggested the transition occurred between 17 and 20 days. Mean otolith increment widths exhibited a marked
change at about 20 days, coinciding with the timing of the larval to juvenile transition and a change in the depth distribution
from bottom to surface waters. Increment width of individual juveniles, however, did not exhibit the same pattern; only 40%
conformed to the pattern identified for all fish. Thus, the record of the larval to juvenile transition is clear at the population
level, but unresolved at the individual level.
Received: 1 November 1999 / Accepted: 18 December 2000 相似文献
8.
Natal philopatry in bannertailed kangaroo rats 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
W. Thomas Jones 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1984,15(2):151-155
Summary I describe prolonged retention of offspring in natal home ranges, or natal philopatry, in the bannertailed kangaroo rat Dipodomys spectabilis. Though weaning occurs at about one month of age, offspring shared natal burrows with their mothers for three to seven months, and 39% of surviving offspring remained within natal home ranges through reproductive maturity. Males as well as females were philopatric. Data on the availability of burrows and on patterns of resettlement suggest that natal philopatry in this species may be a means of providing juveniles with access to essential resources, in this case food caches and large complex burrow systems, that are not readily available outside natal home ranges. 相似文献
9.
In many species of birds and mammals with a co-operative breeding and rearing system, offspring survival is positively related
to the number of helpers. In the New World callitrichine primates (marmosets and tamarins), adult males are considered as
particularly valuable helpers, and female reproductive success may depend strongly on the males' contribution to infant care.
We analysed the number of offspring (infants, juveniles) in groups of wild pygmy marmosets, Cebuella pygmaea (Callitrichinae, Cebidae, Primates), in relation to the number of adult males and to the number of adult and subadult group
members. In contrast to other callitrichines with a co-operative system of infant care, no relationship was found between
the number of adult males and the number of infants and offspring. However, there was a significant positive relationship
between the number of juveniles and the number of adult and subadult group members. The lack of a relationship between infant
and adult-male number is interpreted as resulting from the reduced importance of adult males as helpers in pygmy marmosets
in comparison to other callitrichines, probably due to the reduced costs of infant care. The relationship between the number
of juveniles and the number of adult and subadult group members is in accordance with increased offspring survival in larger
groups, as observed in other primates.
Received: 1 February 1999 / Received in revised form: 5 June 1999 / Accepted: 29 June 1999 相似文献
10.
M. Thiel 《Marine Biology》2000,137(4):661-674
The population dynamics and reproductive biology of an ascidian- and a sponge-dwelling amphipod were examined. The two undescribed
amphipod species, Leucothoe“ascidicola” and L.“spongicola”, are closely related to each other, and occur in ascidians and sponges, respectively, along the Florida Atlantic coast.
L. “ascidicola” was abundant in solitary ascidians during fall 1997, disappeared during spring/early summer, and became abundant again in
September 1998. During the time when L. “ascidicola” were absent from their hosts, a copepod became a frequent inhabitant of the ascidians but disappeared again when L.“ascidicola” returned to the ascidians in September 1998. The numbers of L.“spongicola” in sponges increased substantially during spring, when high reproductive activity was observed. Following this reproductive
peak, both adult and juvenile amphipods apparently left the sponges, and during the summer amphipod numbers in the sponges
were very low. Another small amphipod species, which often co-occurred with L.“spongicola”, showed less seasonal variation and was found in sponges throughout the whole study period. The percentage of ovigerous
females per host unit was usually lower in the ascidian-dwelling than in the sponge-dwelling amphipods. In solitary ascidians,
L.“ascidicola” amphipods usually occurred in groups of several adults, yet there never was more than one ovigerous female per ascidian.
In contrast, several ovigerous L.“spongicola” females were found to cohabit in the same spongocoel. This suggests that intrasexual aggression may be stronger among reproductive
amphipod females in the ascidians than in sponges. The size distributions of juvenile cohorts indicate that juvenile L.“ascidicola” remain for relatively long time periods in the parental ascidian, where they may reach sexual maturity. In contrast, in
L.“spongicola”, only cohorts of very small juveniles could be identified, indicating that juveniles disperse shortly after emerging from
the female's brood pouch. It is concluded that extended parental care is of very short duration or does not occur in the sponge-dwelling
amphipod L. “spongicola”, possibly because fast-growing sponges with a highly branched spongocoel system do not allow long-lasting coexistence of
parent-offspring groups. In contrast, the discrete character of the solitary ascidians may enhance the potential for exclusion
of other species, resource monopolization by reproductive females, and furthermore for long-lasting extended parental care
in the ascidian-dwelling amphipod. Groups of single parents together with cohorts of large juveniles are reported in the literature
for amphipods and isopods from brachiopods, bivalves and ascidians, suggesting that these discrete biotic microhabitats may
favor the evolution of extended parental care in peracarid crustaceans.
Received: 30 July 1999 / Accepted: 8 May 2000 相似文献
11.
John L. Hoogland 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(11):1621-1634
From 1995 through 2005, I studied nursing among Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens) living under natural conditions at Bryce Canyon National Park, UT, USA. I observed 850 aboveground nursings, which involved
122 mothers and 248 juveniles from 134 litters. Most of the mothers that nursed aboveground were middle-aged, and most nursing
juveniles had been coming aboveground for 1–3 weeks. Most nursings involved a single juvenile, lasted 1–10 min, and occurred
between 1800 hours and 2000 hours. Seventy-five percent of nursings (598/796) involved a mother suckling her own juvenile
offspring; the other 24.9% (198/796) involved a mother suckling another mother’s offspring (i.e., communal nursing). Communal
nursings involved juveniles of the home territory, and many communal nursings (74/198 = 37.4%) involved close kin such as
half-siblings, grandoffspring, full-nieces, and full-nephews; other communal nursings (37/198 = 18.7%) involved more distant
kin such as full-second cousins and full-third cousins. Of seven hypotheses that might explain the evolution of communal nursing,
evidence supports the importance of two: elevated inclusive fitness via indirect selection and communal nursing as a cost
of coloniality. 相似文献
12.
Juan Moreno Santiago Merino Jaime Potti Ana de León Rosa Rodríguez 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,46(4):244-251
We manipulated parental work load without changing brood size in a population of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca by removing two primaries (7 and 9) from each wing of females, thus reducing wing area and increasing flight costs. At other
nests, we offered supplementary food in the form of live mealworms (10–20 g daily from hatching) to reduce brood demand and
thus parental foraging costs. Other nests were left as controls. The daily energy expenditure of females feeding 12-day-old
nestlings was measured with doubly labelled water D2
18O. Females in both treatments expended the same amount of energy, fed at the same rate and had similar body masses to birds
in the control group. No effect of treatment on male mass and feeding effort was detected. More nestlings, however, died in
nests of handicapped females. Nestlings of handicapped females had significantly lower body mass and haematocrit values than
nestlings in food-supplemented nests, with nestlings in control nests occupying an intermediate position. The effects of both
treatments on nestling mass, haematocrit values and mortality rates were only noticeable in nests infested with mites. Maternal
energy expenditure is apparently constrained and offspring pay the costs imposed by reduced provisioning rate or increased
demand caused by ectoparasites, while receiving benefits when food supply improves. The presumption that avian reproductive
costs derive from changes in a flexible energy output may not be met in many cases.
Received: 24 October 1998 / Received in revised form: 15 March 1999 / Accepted: 26 April 1999 相似文献
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The toxicity of fenitrothion was determined in larvae (nauplii, Zoeae 1 to 3, Mysis 1 to 3), postlarvae (PL stages) and juvenile
shrimp (Penaeus japonicus Bate), in two media, seawater (SW) and diluted seawater (DSW) (1100 and 550 mosM kg−1, ≃ 37 and 19‰ S). The effects of fenitrothion on the osmoregulatory capacities (OC) of juveniles were recorded. A gill and
epipodite histopathological study was also conducted. For larvae in seawater, 24 and 48 h LC50s ranged from 32.9 μg l−1 (Zoeae 2) to 10.7 μg l−1 (Mysis 3), and from 3.9 μg l−1 (Zoeae 3) to 2.0 μg l−1 (Mysis 3), respectively; 48 and 96 h LC50s in postlarvae (PL) at the same salinity ranged from 1.8 μg l−1 (PL1) to 0.6 μg l−1 (PL5), and from 0.3 μg l−1 (PL7) to 0.4 μg l−1 (PL15). In juveniles, 96 h LC50s were 0.8 μg l−1 in seawater and 1.5 μg l−1 in diluted seawater. From hatching to juvenile stages, the overall trend was a rapid decrease (from nauplii to PL5–PL7) followed
by a slight increase (from PL7 to PL15 and juveniles) in the shrimp's ability to tolerate the insecticide. In juveniles kept
in seawater and in diluted seawater, fenitrothion decreased the osmoregulatory capacity (OC = difference between the hemolymph
osmotic pressure and the osmotic pressure of the medium) at both lethal and sublethal concentrations. This effect was time-
and dose-dependent. In SW, the decrease in hypo-OC was ˜ 25% at sublethal concentrations and ˜ 35% at the 96 h LC50. In DSW, the decrease in hyper-OC was ˜ 10 to 15% at sublethal concentrations. In SW, shrimp were able to recover their OC
in less than 48 h when transferred to water free of pesticide. In DSW, recovery at 48 h was only possible after exposure to
the lowest tested sublethal concentration. Haemocytic congestions (thrombosis) of the gills, lamellae necrosis and other alterations
of gills and epipodites (breakage of the cuticle, reduction of the hemolymph lacunae) were noted in juveniles exposed to lethal
and sublethal concentrations of fenitrothion.
Received: 7 October 1996 / Accepted: 13 November 1996 相似文献
14.
Social monogamy and extra-pair fertilization in an Australian lizard, Tiliqua rugosa 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
C. Michael Bull Steven J. B. Cooper Ben C. Baghurst 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,44(1):63-72
This study investigates social monogamy in the Australian sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa. At a 70-ha site near Mount Mary, South Australia, we radio tracked 55 adult female and 39 adult male lizards during their
spring activity periods. Each lizard was observed in 1–5 years. Females were observed with a single male partner on an average
of 10.8 days per year, although in 17.3% of cases, females were observed on 2 or fewer days with a male. The most intense
pairing period each year was 15 September–15 November when females were with male partners on an average of 36% of observation
days. Partnerships lasted an average of 43.3 days each year. After mating in early November, the pairs separated. Observations
of females pairing with other males were rare. Most males (82%) were also consistently monogamous, although 7 were observed
pairing with 2 females within one season. To investigate paternity, we allowed 21 gravid females to give birth to 42 offspring
in the laboratory. We determined genotypes at five polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci for the females, their male partners
and their offspring. Four litters (19%) and 6 of the offspring from those litters (14.3%) showed evidence of extra-pair fertilization
(EPF). Although the sample sizes are small, females of polygynous males were more likely to experience EPF.
Received: 22 February 1998 / Accepted after revision: 23 May 1998 相似文献
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Kathleen E. Hunt Thomas P. Hahn John C. Wingfield 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,45(5):360-369
In males of socially monogamous birds, plasma testosterone (T) typically declines to low levels during the parental phase.
Studies on multiple-brooded species indicate that high T may be incompatible with high-quality paternal care. The length of
the breeding season may affect the costs and benefits of high T and its effect on paternal care. We studied the effect of
experimentally elevated T on paternal care in a single-brooded species with a short breeding season, the Lapland longspur
(Calcarius lapponicus). We monitored T levels and parental behavior in 16 males with subcutaneous T implants, 14 males with empty implants, and
14 unimplanted males. We videotaped nests when nestlings were 2–3 days old and again at 4–5 days. T males with 2- to 3-day-old
young visited nests and fed young less often than control males, and the mates of the T males compensated with elevated visits
and feedings. However, when nestlings were 4–5 days old, T males visited their nests at normal rates – though feeding movements
remained below normal – and T females visited and fed at normal rates. Nestling mass and nest success were similar in both
groups. Overall, high T suppresses paternal care in Lapland longspur males. The partial improvement of paternal care when
nestlings are older, despite high T, may be related to the short 6-week breeding season of this arctic species, and the consequently
reduced benefits of sexual behavior late in the breeding season.
Received: 2 February 1998 / Accepted after revision: 2 November 1998 相似文献
16.
Nga Nguyen Russell C. Van Horn Susan C. Alberts Jeanne Altmann 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(9):1331-1344
Close associations between adult males and lactating females and their dependent infants are not commonly described in non-monogamous
mammals. However, such associations [sometimes called “friendships” (Smuts 1985)] are regularly observed in several primate species in which females mate with multiple males during the fertile period.
The absence of mating exclusivity among “friends” suggests that males should invest little in infant care, raising questions
about the adaptive significance of friendship bonds. Using data from genetic paternity analyses, patterns of behavior, and
long-term demographic and reproductive records, we evaluated the extent to which friendships in four multi-male, multi-female
yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) groups in Amboseli, Kenya represent joint parental care of offspring or male mating effort. We found evidence that mothers
and infants benefited directly from friendships; friendships provided mother–infant dyads protection from harassment from
other adult and immature females. In addition, nearly half of all male friends were the genetic fathers of offspring and had
been observed mating with mothers during the days of most likely conception for those offspring. In contrast, nearly all friends
who were not fathers were also not observed to consort with the mother during the days of most likely conception, suggesting
that friendships between mothers and non-fathers did not result from paternity confusion. Finally, we found no evidence that
prior friendship increased a male’s chances of mating with a female in future reproductive cycles. Our results suggest that,
for many male–female pairs at Amboseli, friendships represented a form of biparental care of offspring. Males in the remaining
friendship dyads may be trading protection of infants in exchange for some resources or services not yet identified. Our study
is the first to find evidence that female primates gain social benefits from their early associations with adult males.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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We examined the mating behaviour of the New Zealand ocypodid crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes in the laboratory between February and June 1998. This species has a discrete breeding season. Mating and moulting were not
linked and only intermoult females with mobile gonopore opercula were attractive to males. Allometry and compatibility of
gonopods and gonopores of different-sized crabs was investigated. Under laboratory conditions, the opercula of intermoult
females remained mobile on average for 11.4 d, but the duration of receptivity did not appear to be under female control.
The operational sex ratio in the laboratory fluctuated greatly, but was always male-dominated. During the period of opercular
mobility, females mated many times with several different males. Matings in the absence of burrows were relatively short (mean
duration = 23 min, max. = 122 min) and the mating behaviour of M. hirtipes lacked courtship and mate-guarding. Males used a search-intercept method to acquire mates, with very low levels of intrasexual
competition. There was no evidence of mate preference in M. hirtipes, and males spent just as long mating with ovigerous females as with non-ovigerous ones. Although M. hirtipes has ventral-type spermathecae, as do several other ocypodid crabs, it is unclear whether this promotes last-male sperm precedence.
The role of burrows in modifying the mating behaviour of M. hirtipes in the field remains to be established.
Received: 7 January 2000 / Accepted: 5 June 2000 相似文献
18.
Susan W. Margulis 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,41(3):177-184
This study investigated variation in parental behavior in oldfield mice (Peromyscus polionotus). Specifically, I examined the possibility that parental behavior and probability of litter loss may differ depending on
whether parents are related to one another and, therefore, whether offspring are inbred. When parents are related, they share
more genes with their offspring and so may be predicted to invest more in inbred offspring if these offspring do not inherently
have a greater risk of juvenile mortality. Survival of inbred pups did not differ from survival of outbred pups, and females
tended to exhibit a preference, in the form of enhanced parental care, for inbred litters. Males did not display any consistent
preferences. Inbred litters were left unattended more often during the immediate post-partum period than were outbred litters,
but this inconsistent finding appeared to have a smaller effect than the overall improved maternal care provided to inbred
litters. Females thus appeared to modulate their behavior to a greater degree than did males depending on characteristics
of the litter. Patterns of litter loss indicated that complete death of litters was independent of litter inbreeding, whereas
loss of selected pups in a litter occurred significantly more often when litters were inbred. Complete and partial loss of
litters may be functionally different behaviors that are triggered by different cues.
Received: 20 September 1996 / Accepted after revision: 28 April 1997 相似文献
19.
Ophiomyxa brevirima is a direct-developing species of brittle-star found around the coast of New Zealand. The mode of reproduction of this ophiuroid
was studied using isozyme electrophoresis of mother and brooded offspring. Multi-locus assessment of the genotypes of 35 adult
females and their brooded offspring was undertaken. A minimum of 45% of broods assessed showed evidence of amictic reproduction,
with all offspring in these broods possessing genotypes that were identical to the genotype of their heterozygous mother.
In most other broods there was evidence of segregation. These observations are interpreted as evidence of both sexual and
asexual reproduction in this ophiuroid species.
Received: 19 November 1996 / Accepted: 28 January 1997 相似文献
20.
All other things being equal, the lifetime reproductive success (LRS) of iteroparous and semelparous individuals should scale
with the number of breeding seasons. Deviations from this relationship may occur for many reasons, including age- or size-related
fecundity or life history trade-offs, which may differ between sexes. We used 19 brood years of DNA parentage analysis in
a small (N = 4–143 year−1) wild, unexploited population of steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to compare the LRS of individuals that spawned only once [“one time spawners” (OTS), N = 355 male, 371 female] to those spawning twice [“repeat spawners” (RPS), N = 13 male, 49 female]. Female RPS had nearly twice the LRS of female OTS (1.17 offspring per female vs 0.91 offspring per
female), whereas male RPS had nearly three times the LRS of male OTS (1.54 offspring per male vs 0.57 offspring per male).
Female RPS produced slightly more adult offspring during their second breeding season than their first (0.78 vs 0.82 offspring
per female); however, male RPS produced all of their adult offspring in their second breeding season (0 vs 1.54 offspring
per male). The additional growth in body size of males between breeding seasons may give them an advantage in their second
breeding season, but the lack of offspring produced in their first season suggests a trade-off between survival and future
reproduction that was not expressed in females. 相似文献