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D. Nacci L. Coiro D. Champlin S. Jayaraman R. McKinney T. R. Gleason W. R. Munns Jr. J. L. Specker K. R. Cooper 《Marine Biology》1999,134(1):9-17
Many aquatic species, including the estuarine fish Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichogs), adapt to local environmental conditions. We conducted studies to evaluate whether highly exposed populations
of mummichogs adapt to toxic environmental contaminants. These fish populations are indigenous to an urban estuary contaminated
with persistent and bioaccumulative contaminants (dioxin-like compounds, or DLCs) that are particularly toxic to the early
development of fish. We conducted laboratory challenge experiments to compare mummichog embryos and larvae from reference
sites and this highly contaminated site [New Bedford Harbor (NBH), Massachusetts, USA] for their sensitivity to DLCs. While
there was variation in DLC-responsiveness within each group, fish from NBH were profoundly less sensitive to DLCs than reference
fish. Specifically, concentrations of DLCs similar to those measured in NBH-collected mummichog eggs were lethal to reference
embryos. Further, DLC-responsiveness was inherited and independent of maternal contaminant contributions. These findings are
consistent with the conclusion that DLC contamination in NBH has contributed to the selection of fish that are resistant to
the short-term toxic effects of these environmental-contaminant exposures. This adaptation may be a critical mechanism by
which fish populations persist in this highly contaminated site. Further evaluation of this ecosystem may provide important
information concerning the direct and indirect consequences of this “unnatural” selection.
Received: 12 July 1998 / Accepted: 16 January 1999 相似文献
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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
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Authors of socioecological models propose that food distribution affects female social relationships in that clumped food
resources, such as fruit, result in strong dominance hierarchies and favor coalition formation with female relatives. A number
of Old World monkey species have been used to test predictions of the socioecological models. However, arboreal forest-living
Old World monkeys have been understudied in this regard, and it is legitimate to ask whether predominantly arboreal primates
living in tropical forests exhibit similar or different patterns of behavior. Therefore, the goal of our study was to investigate
female dominance relationships in relation to food in gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Since gray-cheeked mangabeys are largely frugivorous, we predicted that females would have linear dominance hierarchies
and form coalitions. In addition, recent studies suggest that long food site residence time is another important factor in
eliciting competitive interactions. Therefore, we also predicted that when foods had long site residence times, higher-ranking
females would be able to spend longer at the resource than lower-ranking females. Analyses showed that coalitions were rare
relative to some other Old World primate species, but females had linear dominance hierarchies. We found that, contrary to
expectation, fruit was not associated with more agonism and did not involve long site residence times. However, bark, a food
with a long site residence time and potentially high resource value, was associated with more agonism, and higher-ranking
females were able to spend more time feeding on it than lower-ranking females. These results suggest that higher-ranking females
may benefit from higher food and energy intake rates when food site residence times are long. These findings also add to accumulating
evidence that food site residence time is a behavioral contributor to female dominance hierarchies in group-living species. 相似文献
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Gita R. Kolluru Gregory F. Grether Heidy Contreras 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(5):689-701
Food availability is expected to influence the relative cost of different mating tactics, but little attention has been paid
to this potential source of adaptive geographic variation in behavior. Associations between the frequency of different mating
tactics and resource availability could arise because tactic use responds directly to food intake (phenotypic plasticity),
because populations exposed to different average levels of food availability have diverged genetically in tactic use, or both.
Different populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) in Trinidad experience different average levels of food availability. We combined field observations with laboratory “common
garden” and diet experiments to examine how this environmental gradient has influenced the evolution of male mating tactics.
Three independent components of variation in male behavior were found in the field: courtship versus foraging, dominance interactions,
and interference competition versus searching for mates. Compared with low-food-availability sites, males at high-food-availability
sites devoted more effort to interference competition. This difference disappeared in the common garden experiment, which
suggests that it was caused by phenotypic plasticity and not genetic divergence. In the diet experiment, interference competition
was more frequent and intense among males raised on the greater of two food levels, but this was only true for fish descended
from sites with low food availability. Thus, the association between interference competition and food availability in the
field can be attributed to a genetically variable norm of reaction. Genetically variable norms of reaction with respect to
food intake were found for the other two behavioral components as well and are discussed in relation to the patterns observed
in the field. Our results indicate that food availability gradients are an important, albeit complex, source of geographic
variation in male mating strategies. 相似文献
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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
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Coalitionary mate guarding by male chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda 总被引:13,自引:0,他引:13
David P. Watts 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,44(1):43-55
Cooperative mate guarding by males is unusual in mammals and birds, largely because fertilizations are non-shareable. Chimpanzees
live in fission-fusion communities that have cores of philopatric males who cooperate in inter-group aggression and in defending
access to the females in their community. Male contest mating competition is restrained within communities, but single high-ranking
males sometimes try to mate guard estrous females. Data from an unusually large chimpanzee commmunity at Ngogo, Kibale National
Park, Uganda, that contains more males than any previously studied community show new variation in chimpanzee mate-guarding
behavior. Contrary to expectation given the large number of males, mate guarding was as common as, or more common than, at
other sites, and males other than the alpha male guarded more often. More strikingly, pairs or trios of top-ranking males
sometimes engaged in cooperative aggression to prevent estrous females from mating with other males, but tolerated each other's
mating activities. Both single males and coalitions mostly guarded periovulatory females. Mate-guarding coalitions were previously
unknown in chimpanzees. Coalitions occurred in large mating parties, seemingly because these often contained too many males
for single males to maintain exclusive access to estrous females. Coalition members gained higher shares of copulations than
they could have expected from solo mate guarding, and suffered lower per capita costs of guarding (as inferred from aggression
rates). Two males who most often participated in coalitions formed two-male coalitions at about the point where the number
of males present made it unlikely that either could get 50% or more of total copulations on his own, and formed trios when
this value dropped below 33%. Kin selection could be a factor in cooperation among male chimpanzees, but coalition members
were not necessarily close relatives and the apparent structure of payoffs fit that of mutualism. Furthermore, reliance of
male chimpanzees on support from allies to maintain high rank could have led to trading of mating exclusivity for support
against mating competitors.
Received: 28 May 1997 / Accepted after revision: 16 May 1998 相似文献
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Induction of benzo (a) pyrene monooxygenase (BPMO) activity occurred in Blennius pavo, a species with a restricted territorial range, in response to exposure to a Diesel 2 oil. A response delay of 14 days was found at a concentration of 170 ppb and of 3 days when the water was saturated with Diesel 2 oil. When induced fish were transferred to clean water, elevated BPMO activity was maintained at a high level for at least a month. A benthic protochordate, Microcosmos sulcatus, showed no increase in BPMO activity when exposed to these concentrations even after 30 days of exposure. Field observations revealed a great variation in the BPMO activity from B. pavo caught at different sites. Fish from contaminated sites had significantly elevated levels of BPMO activity. Sardine schools caught at different sites had different, low levels of BPMO activities. However, specimens from the same school had closely similar levels of enzyme activity. An oil pollution incident (New Year 1977 oil spill in Northern Adriatic Sea) caused an increase in the BPMO activity in the livers of Blenniideae, reaching a peak on the 23rd day (representing an 8.5-fold increase in the background level), followed by a decrease in activity until a new background level, 3 times that of the original background level, was reached on the 45th day. This new background level is constant (through May-5 months after the incident). Measurement of BPMO activity in the livers of nonmigrant fish could serve as a useful biochemical parameter for monitoring and evaluation of acute or long-term oil pollution at a given site. 相似文献
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Soil ingestion can be an important route of exposure to contaminants present in the environment. This study examined the effects of exposure to contaminants in aqueous soil extracts from an industrial urban settlement in renal biochemical parameters of treated rats. Male Wistar rats were gavaged with an aqueous soil extract, from the municipality of Rio Grande, Southern Brazil. After exposure, plasma and urine concentrations and plasma protein were assessed compared to rats treated with aqueous soil from relatively unpolluted site (control soil). There was increase in plasma creatinine and total protein in urine, and a decreased glomerular filtration rate in treated rats compared to control. It is possible that Cd, Cr, As, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ni analyzed in the soil samples and unidentified components may have provoked the observed changes in renal biochemistry of the exposed rat. This may suggest that exposure to contaminated soils can cause damage to the viscera in mammals and it is of public health importance. 相似文献
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We investigated the consequences of male-male interference competition associated with alternative male mating tactics in a freshwater fish, the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Male bitterling defend territories around living mussels and attract females to lay their eggs in the gill cavities of mussels. We experimentally manipulated spawning-site abundance and male density at two spatial scales. We showed that the total number of eggs spawned by females was constrained by the number of mussels available for oviposition. The effect was mediated by behavioral interactions among competing males because of variation in the Operational Sex Ratio (OSR) in close proximity to a mussel and not by a direct limitation in mussel capacity to accommodate the eggs. Both total and local male densities affected spawning behavior, and interacted in their effect on female spawning rate. Territorial male aggression caused courtship interruptions that prolonged the time until successful spawning and increased with male density. However, territoriality broke down at the highest male density, with a consequent stabilizing effect on spawning rate.Communicated by J. Krause 相似文献
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Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior Patrick Ferreira Silva Edariane Menestrino Garcia Roberta Daniele Klein Gianni Peraza-Cardoso Paulo Roberto Baisch Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas Ana Luíza Muccillo-Baisch 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2013,35(3):317-331
In this study, we investigated the toxic effects of water-soluble elements from a contaminated soil via gavage in a single dose, simulating a geophagy event. The contaminated soil was collected in a field located in an industrial complex, and the control soil was collected in a reference area. Metabolic and behavioral parameters in Wistar male rats were measured after 24 and 96 h of gavage. After 96 h, the major organs were weighed, blood was collected to check hematological parameters, the bone marrow was taken for the micronucleus test, and the liver was used for evaluating the total antioxidant capacity, lipoperoxidation and protein carbonylation. Animals exposed to contaminated soil presented a few significant alterations by comparison with control animals: TBARS and protein carbonyl levels increased, the relative weight of the kidneys increased, metabolic parameters (body weight gain, food intake, water consumption, urine and feces production) depressed and there was behavioral alteration. These findings suggest that soils impacted by atmospheric contaminants can affect the organism physiological status jeopardizing the health of populations living in industrial areas. Finally, this study reassures that ingestion of potentially contaminated soils, even for short periods of time, can cause health risks. 相似文献
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Valentina Balzarini Michael Taborsky Sandro Wanner Felizia Koch Joachim G. Frommen 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2014,68(5):871-878
The behaviour of animals towards their mirror image (“mirror test”) is routinely used as a proxy to measure aggression levels, especially in fish. The lack of evidence for visual self-recognition in fish supports this method. However, recent work points towards different hormonal and gene expression responses when fish are exposed either to conspecific opponents or to their mirror image, urging for validation of this widespread method. Here, we test the predictive value of mirror tests in three sympatric cichlid species from Lake Tanganyika: the cooperative breeder Neolamprologus pulcher, the polygamous shell brooder Telmatochromis vittatus and the monogamous, biparental piscivore Lepidiolamprologus elongatus. In particular, we compare differences in restrained and overt aggression levels for individuals of each species when confronted with a mirror or a live conspecific. The three species differed in response to the two contest situations. While in N. pulcher both aggressive responses were correlated between the mirror test and the live opponent fight, there was no such relationship in T. vittatus and L. elongatus. Thus, the mirror test appears to be a suitable surrogate for intraspecific aggression in N. pulcher, while aggression against a mirror image has limited predictive value for intraspecific aggression in the other two species. These results underline the importance of validating the mirror test’s predictive value in a study species before drawing conclusions from mirror tests about aggressiveness under natural, social conditions. 相似文献
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Female choice and male–male aggression are two modes of sexual selection that can lead to elaboration of male morphological
and behavioral traits. In lek-mating species, male mating success is often strongly skewed, and it is puzzling why variation
in male traits is still observed given directional female choice. If male traits correlated with reproductive success are
honest signals of male quality, there may be survival costs associated with the expression of those traits. In this study,
we examined whether morphological, behavioral, and territorial traits are correlated with male mating success and survival
in the lek-mating greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido). We introduce a novel application of multinomial discrete choice models for analysis of female mate choice behavior. We
found that behavioral and territorial attributes showed 6.5 times more variability among males than morphological traits.
Both display and aggressive behaviors were strong predictors of male mating success, suggesting that both female choice and
male–male aggression were important in determining mating success among male greater prairie-chickens. Moreover, annual survival
of male prairie-chickens was independent of mating success and male traits. Females appear to be choosing males based on behavioral
traits where large variation exists between males (coefficient of variation >30%). Behavioral traits were the most important
factor in determining mating success of male prairie-chickens, but the mechanism underlying this relationship is unknown.
In the future, experimental manipulations of male hormones or parasite loads could bridge the proximate mechanisms and ultimate
consequences of factors mediating male mating success in lek-mating grouse. 相似文献
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Laura K. Weir 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2013,67(2):193-203
Intense male–male competition driven by high male density during mating can result in the evolution of alternative mating tactics that increase male fertilization success. The effects of alternative male mating tactics on females can range from increased fertilization and genetic benefits to decreased fertilization and loss of paternal care. However, the influence of male competitive behavior and alternative mating tactics on female behavior and reproductive success has seldom been addressed. In this work, I investigated the occurrence of alternative male mating tactics and their potential influence on female behavior and fertilization success in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). Groups of one, two, or four males competed for access to a female in a repeated-measures experiment. Male density had a significant influence on female reproductive output as a result of a change in competitive mode from contest to scramble competition that coincided with more disruption during mating when more than one male attempted to mate. By contrast, sneaking during mating was beneficial to males, as more than one male sired offspring in most spawnings involving sneaker males. These results suggest that there may be conflict between males and females over mating, such that females are detrimentally affected by the occurrence of alternative mating tactics, whereas males may benefit from sneak mating. The occurrence of conflict between the sexes can be related to ecological factors, such as male density, which cause behavioral change in both males and females. 相似文献
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Alexander D. M. Wilson Emily M. Whattam Rachel Bennett Laksanavadee Visanuvimol Chris Lauzon Susan M. Bertram 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2010,64(5):703-715
Recently, there has been increasing interest in behavioral syndrome research across a range of taxa. Behavioral syndromes
are suites of correlated behaviors that are expressed either within a given behavioral context (e.g., mating) or between different
contexts (e.g., foraging and mating). Syndrome research holds profound implications for animal behavior as it promotes a holistic
view in which seemingly autonomous behaviors may not evolve independently, but as a “suite” or “package.” We tested whether
laboratory-reared male and female European house crickets, Acheta domesticus, exhibited behavioral syndromes by quantifying individual differences in activity, exploration, mate attraction, aggressiveness,
and antipredator behavior. To our knowledge, our study is the first to consider such a breadth of behavioral traits in one
organism using the syndrome framework. We found positive correlations across mating, exploratory, and antipredatory contexts,
but not aggression and general activity. These behavioral differences were not correlated with body size or condition, although
age explained some of the variation in motivation to mate. We suggest that these across-context correlations represent a boldness
syndrome as individual risk-taking and exploration was central to across-context mating and antipredation correlations in
both sexes. 相似文献
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Rick Overson Juergen Gadau Rebecca M. Clark Stephen C. Pratt Jennifer H. Fewell 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2014,68(1):21-30
Research on the evolution of cooperative groups tends to explore the costs and benefits of cooperation, with less focus on the proximate behavioral changes necessary for the transition from solitary to cooperative living. However, understanding what proximate changes must occur, as well as those pre-conditions already in place, is critical to understanding the origins and evolution of sociality. The California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus demonstrates population-level variation in colony founding over a close geographic range. In adjacent populations, queens either found nests as single individuals (haplometrosis) or form cooperative groups of nonrelatives (pleometrosis). We compared aggregation, aggression, and tolerance of queens from one pleometrotic and two haplometrotic populations during nest initiation, to determine which behaviors show an evolutionary shift and which are present at the transition to pleometrosis. Surprisingly, within-nest aggregative behavior was equally present among all populations. In nesting boxes with multiple available brood-rearing sites, both queen types readily formed and clustered around a single common brood pile, suggesting that innate attraction to brood (offspring) facilitates the transition to social aggregation. In contrast, queens from the three populations differed in their probabilities of attraction on the ground to nest sites occupied by other queens and in levels of aggression. Our results suggest that some key behavioral mechanisms facilitating cooperation in P. californicus are in place prior to the evolution of pleometrosis and that the switch from aggression to tolerance is critical for the evolution of stable cooperative associations. 相似文献
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J. Secondi V. Lepetz G. Cossard S. Sourice 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2013,67(11):1757-1765
The increasing spread of contaminants in the environment affects the behaviour of individuals and can be predicted to modify population characteristics in the long run. It is thus crucial to investigate the effect of contaminants on fitness-related traits. Nitrate is a major pollutant that disrupts oxygen fixation and steroid metabolism and is expected to affect adult behaviour. In water breeding newts, reduced oxygen supply may increase predation risk by elevating surfacing rate and limiting the capacity to evade a predator. It may also reduce mating success by altering sexual behaviour. We assessed the effect of nitrate on fitness-related behavioural traits in male palmate newts Lissotriton helveticus. We measured courtship and breathing during sexual encounters and escape performance in exposed and non-exposed adults. Unexpectedly, exposed males courted females more often than control males. Body size and breathing rate were also positively related in control males but not in exposed males. Results only partially support the hypothesis of oxygen transfer disruption. Alternatively, exposed males seem to compensate their reduced olfactory attractiveness by decreasing surfacing and increasing courtship frequency. Surprisingly, nitrate did not affect escape performance possibly because anaerobic respiration supplies most of energy during unsustainable activity. Nitrate exposure altered time budget in exposed adults and shifted behavioural trade-offs between competing activities like breathing and courting. Ecological and evolutionary consequences, driven by changes on predation risk or sexual selection regimes, can be expected. This study calls for more attention on amphibian adult stages and the evolutionary response of populations in contaminated environments. 相似文献
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In most species, males attack other males that attempt to gain fertilizations through sneak copulations. Here we report on a system where dominant males show a low level of aggression against sneakers at the initial stages of territory establishment. Females of the European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus, lay their eggs in living mussels and males fertilize the eggs by releasing sperm over the mussels both before and after egg laying. When we allowed males to court females to a mussel containing no eggs at different male densities - one, two, four, or six males - the dominant male showed a low level of aggression against other males that released sperm. The dominant male became aggressive toward the other males only after eggs had been laid. This unusual pattern could be due to either some benefit of accepting sneakers or a high cost of aggression. We found support for both possibilities. The presence of several males decreased the time until a female spawned, whereas increased aggression by the dominant male against other males during a second female presentation, when the male was more territorial, interrupted courtship and increased the time until spawning. Females appeared to be attracted by both the presence of several males around a mussel and increased courtship under male competition. The bitterling mating system possibly differs from that of other species due to lack of investment in nest building and parental care, and high costs of defending the spawning site against sneakers. 相似文献
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Martin N. Muller Melissa Emery Thompson Sonya M. Kahlenberg Richard W. Wrangham 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(5):921-933
The extent to which active female mating preferences influence male reproductive success in mammals is unclear, particularly
for promiscuously breeding species like chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Previous studies from multiple long-term study sites have shown that female chimpanzees mate more restrictively around
ovulation, and this has been taken as evidence for female choice. However, none of these studies rigorously evaluated the
alternative hypothesis that restrictive mating results not from unconstrained choice, but in response to coercive mate guarding,
in which males use punishment and intimidation to reduce female promiscuity and promote their own mating interests. Nor did
they consider evidence for the potential genetic or phenotypic benefits that females might be choosing. Using 11 years of
data from the Kanyawara community in Kibale National Park, Uganda, we previously demonstrated that males achieve elevated
mating success with those females toward whom they direct high levels of aggression. Here we extend those findings to show
that even female copulatory approaches, which have previously been attributed to female choice, are correlated with male aggression.
Specifically, individual females at our site initiated periovulatory copulations most frequently with the males who were most
aggressive toward them throughout their cycles. Those males showed high rates of aggression toward females throughout estrus,
despite achieving high copulation rates, demonstrating a continuing conflict of interest over the exclusivity of mating access.
Because sexual coercion is potentially widespread in primates and other mammals, our results stress the importance of considering
the influence of male aggression in studies of female choice. 相似文献
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Satellite telemetry and prey sampling reveal contaminant sources to Pacific Northwest Ospreys. 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
John E Elliott Christy A Morrissey Charles J Henny Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza Patrick Shaw 《Ecological applications》2007,17(4):1223-1233
Migratory behavior can be an important factor in determining contaminant exposure in avian populations. Accumulation of organochlorine (OC) pesticides while birds are wintering in tropical regions has been cited often as the reason for high concentrations in migrant populations. To explore this issue, we satellite tracked 16 Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) over the period 1996-2003 from breeding sites in British Columbia, Canada, and integrated the results into a database on 15 Ospreys that were satellite tracked over the period 1995-1999, from breeding locations in Washington and Oregon, USA. Data on wintering sites of 31 Ospreys in Mexico and Central America were used for spatially targeted sampling of prey fish. Concentrations of the main organochlorine contaminant, p,p'-dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), in fish composites from Mexico ranged from 0.005 to 0.115 nicrog/g wet mass. Significant differences existed among fish families in p,p'-DDE, total dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (sigmaDDT), sigmachlordanes, and total polychlorinated biphenyls (sigmaPCBs). Catfish (family Ariidae) generally had significantly higher levels of DDT metabolites and other organochlorine contaminants compared to other fish families collected. Differences in prey contaminant levels were detected among the collection sites around coastal Mexico, with fish from Veracruz State generally having higher levels of DDT metabolites, sigmachlordanes, sigmaPCBs, and hexachlorobenzene. Eggs collected from 16 nests throughout the Pacific Northwest (nine from British Columbia, seven from Oregon and Washington) where Ospreys had been satellite tagged, showed marked variation in levels of DDT metabolites (p,p'-DDE; range 0.02-10.14 microg/g). Wintering site had no significant effect on contaminant concentrations in sample eggs from those specific Ospreys; rather concentrations of p,p'-DDE, were predicted by breeding sites with highest levels in eggs of Ospreys breeding in the lower Columbia River, consistent with published reports of continued high concentrations of DDT and related compounds in that system. 相似文献
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邻苯二甲酸酯降解细菌的多样性、降解机理及环境应用 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
邻苯二甲酸酯(phthalic acid esters,PAEs)是一类对人体内分泌系统有干扰作用的持续性有机污染物(persistent organic pol utants,POPs)。PAEs在环境介质如水体、底泥和土壤中长期赋存会对生物体产生毒害效应,其分布广、浓度高和难降解等特点是限制有效环境治理的主要因素。作为环境的重要组成部分,微生物对污染物有很强的适应能力和高效的降解能力,这为PAEs的生物修复提供了可能。与物理化学修复法相比,微生物修复技术具有可控性强、修复面广和灵活性高等优势。本文综述了已报道的大部分PAEs降解细菌的种类及其代谢机制,并分析了其在PAEs污染水体和土壤修复中的应用现状与前景,以期为PAEs环境行为与生物修复研究提供参考。 相似文献