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Susan Lappan 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,62(8):1307-1317
While male parental care is uncommon in mammals, siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) males provide care for infants in the form of infant carrying. I collected behavioral data from a cohort of five wild siamang
infants from early infancy until age 15–24 months to identify factors affecting male care and to assess the consequences of
male care for males, females, and infants in a population including socially monogamous groups and polyandrous groups. There
was substantial variation in male caring behavior. All males in polyandrous groups provided care for infants, but males in
socially monogamous groups provided substantially more care than males in polyandrous groups, even when the combined effort
of all males in a group was considered. These results suggest that polyandry in siamangs is unlikely to be promoted by the
need for “helpers.” Infants receiving more care from males did not receive more care overall because females compensated for
increases in male care by reducing their own caring effort. There was no significant relationship between indicators of male–female
social bond strength and male time spent carrying infants, and the onset of male care was not associated with a change in
copulation rates. Females providing more care for infants had significantly longer interbirth intervals. Male care may reduce
the energetic costs of reproduction for females, permitting higher female reproductive rates. 相似文献
2.
Eugene S. Morton Bridget J. M. Stutchbury Ioana Chiver 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2010,64(6):947-954
We investigated sexual conflict over parental care in blue-headed vireos (Vireo solitarius) and documented the first example of unvarying unisexual brood desertion in passerines. Females at all nests (N = 24) that were monitored closely near fledgling, deserted their broods on or near the day of fledging leaving males alone
to complete parental care of young. No males deserted. This observational evidence was confirmed with radiotracking of females
(2004, 2007) and both pair members (2008). Radiotracked females began visiting distant males 1–4 days before young left the
nest, subsequently paired with males 355–802 m away, and laid first eggs in new nests less than 5 days after deserting. In
contrast, females suffering nest predation did not desert and renested with the same male. We suggest equal parental care
(nest building, incubation, feeding) in the sexes, genetic monogamy, and an adult sex ratio biased towards males has led to
female control of brood desertion in this species. Unisexual desertion may be more important in altricial birds than generally
realized and we discuss prerequisites to predict its occurrence. One is genetic monogamy, which may be a female tactic that
reduces the likelihood of males evolving counter-adaptations to female desertion. 相似文献
3.
Carola Borries Tommaso Savini Andreas Koenig 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(4):685-693
The evolution of social monogamy in larger mammals is difficult to explain because males usually do not invest much in direct
offspring care and might achieve greater fitness by deserting a pregnant female to reproduce with additional females elsewhere.
It has been hypothesized that socially monogamous males remain with the female year-round to protect their offspring from
infanticide by new immigrant males. We investigated this idea by analyzing all cases of infant loss in a wild population of
white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar; Primates), in which most groups were socially monogamous and some polyandrous (137.5 group years). We examined the influence
of (a) male intruder pressure on male immigration rates and (b) the presence of a new male in the group on infant loss. We
found no relation between intruder pressure and male immigration rates. Infant loss was lowest (4.5%) for stable monogamy
(probable father stayed from conception through infancy) and intermediate (25.0%; p = 0.166) for stable polyandry. If a new male immigrated after conception, however, the infant was lost in all cases (p < 0.01) independent of the presumed father’s presence. Overall, 83.3% of infant losses were associated with the presence
of a presumably unrelated male. Although the sample size is small, our results provide the first true support for the idea
that the risk of infanticide is an important factor in the evolution of social monogamy in larger mammals. 相似文献
4.
Sex allocation theory predicts that female birds with high-quality mates will benefit from producing more sons, since sons
will inherit their father’s superior traits and enjoy a great reproductive success, whereas females with low-quality mates
will benefit from producing more daughters, since the variance in reproductive success among daughters is typically lower.
The male attractiveness hypothesis may apply to extra-pair paternity (EPP) because socially monogamous females routinely mate
with higher quality males outside the pair bond. We test these predictions using the Tibetan ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis), a sexually monomorphic, socially monogamous, facultatively cooperative breeder. There was greater variation in actual reproductive
success among males than females due to EPP. An excess of sons was detected for bi-parental (i.e., non-cooperative) broods
wherein EPP was mainly sired by bi-parental males. The pattern was attributed to male-biased sex ratios produced for both
EPP and within-pair offspring within the same broods. The reason for the latter case might be a random allocation of more
offspring to sons by the potentially EPP-exposed females that have an inability to control fertilization by specific males.
In cooperative broods where EPP mostly resulted from within-group helpers of presumed low-quality, as indicated by their failure
in acquiring a social mate, there was a non-significant tendency for EPP offspring to be daughters and for within-pair offspring
in the same broods to be unbiased. These results support the EPP-related male attractiveness hypothesis especially in terms
of the overproduction of sons. Offspring produced through quasi-parasitism was unbiased towards either sex, suggesting a weak
female choiceness with respect to the quality of host males. 相似文献
5.
Frequency and timing of extrapair fertilisation in the polyandrous red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
James Dale Robert Montgomerie Denise Michaud Peter Boag 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,46(1):50-56
In sequentially polyandrous bird species, where females mate with different males in succession during a single breeding
season, sperm stored by females can occasionally lead to extrapair fertilisations (EPFs) in clutches cared for by the second
and subsequent males. Thus, we predicted that in red phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) – a sex-role-reversed, sequentially polyandrous, arctic breeding shorebird – EPFs would occur more frequently in clutches
laid later in the breeding season. We used multilocus DNA profiling to examine the frequency and timing of EPFs in a population
of red phalaropes breeding in the Canadian high arctic. Using a technique to determine parentage without maternal DNA, we
inferred that 6 of 70 chicks in 18 broods resulted from EPFs – one extrapair chick in each of 6 broods. These results were
supported by a further analysis using microsatellite DNA. As predicted, broods containing EPFs hatched from clutches laid
significantly later in the season than did broods containing no EPFs. The difference in median hatch dates between broods
with and without EPFs was 9.0 days, or 38% of the entire egg-laying period in that season. For the whole breeding season,
we estimated that 6.5% of chicks were sired by extrapair males, which is similar to extrapair paternity estimates for other
sex-role-reversed birds, but relatively low compared to the majority of socially monogamous species studied so far.
Received: 24 August 1998 / Received in revised form: 18 January 1999 / Accepted: 24 January 1999 相似文献
6.
Alfréd Trnka Milica Po?gayová Petr Procházka Pavol Prokop Marcel Honza 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2012,66(8):1187-1194
Reproductive success of brood parasites varies considerably both among and within host species, mainly due to differences in host egg-rejection rates and survival of parasitic chicks. Here, we investigated the breeding success of the cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in one of its major hosts, the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), with respect to host social mating status. In this passerine, polygynous males provide less parental care to their young per nest than monogamous males. Consequently, their less-assisted females may fledge lower numbers of nestlings than monogamous females. This may be especially true for secondary females, which often receive limited or no paternal help with young at all. Based on these findings, we expected higher cuckoo reproductive success in nests of socially monogamous than polygynous great reed warbler males. More specifically, we predicted lower fledging success of cuckoo young in nests of secondary than primary or monogamous females. In line with the prediction, we found higher cuckoo fledging success in nests of monogamous than polygynous males, monogamous nests being more than twice as successful as secondary nests. We detected, however, only a tendency to lower cuckoo success in primary compared to monogamous nests and no differences between primary and secondary nests. Moreover, neither parasitism nor host egg-rejection rates differed among the nests of different status. Our results show, for the first time, that the social mating status of a host may influence the overall reproductive success of a brood parasite and thus should be considered in further studies. 相似文献
7.
Melanie Schubert Carsten Schradin Heiko G. Rödel Neville Pillay David O. Ribble 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,64(2):257-264
Mate guarding is predicted to be one of the driving forces for the evolution of monogamy, but supporting evidence in free-living
mammals is rare. The goals of our study were three-pronged. First, we tested if mate guarding, measured as intrapair distance,
occurs as a behavioral tactic in round-eared sengis (Macroscelides proboscideus), a socially monogamous species lacking paternal care and in which females breed asynchronously, producing 2–3 litters during
an 8-month long breeding season. Second, we determined if mate guarding involves costs which we identified as changes in male
body mass. Third, we investigated whether variation in individual investment in mate guarding depended on the males’ body
mass and the number of neighboring males. Field data were collected in a semidesert in South Africa using radio-tracking,
trapping, and direct observations during three successive breeding seasons. Mate guarding strongly depended on the females’
reproductive state, and all males started to guard their mates prior to and during estrus, as exemplified by reduced intrapair
distance. Mate guarding incurred costs: overall, males lost about 5% of body mass. Male body mass loss and initial body mass
were negatively related to the intensity of precopulatory mate guarding. Furthermore, during estrus intrapair distance was
inversely correlated with the number of neighboring males. The results show that mate guarding is the predominant male tactic
in round-eared sengis. However, since mate guarding imposed costs, males may balance benefits and costs associated with guarding
by varying their effort in relation to their physical capabilities and the competitive environment. 相似文献
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Anders Pape Møller 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1987,21(2):119-123
Summary The importance of mate guarding by males in the monogamous swallowHirundo rustica was studied by temporarily detaining the males. Mate guarding reduced the frequency of extra-pair copulations and of sexual
chases involving female mates. Males participated in sexual chases more frequently if they had a non-fertile female. Neighbouring
males of ‘widowed’ females increased their own mate guarding presumably in response to the experimentally increased rate of
sexual chases. Neighbouring males with a fertile female increased their mate guarding more than did males with a non-fertile
female.
Addition of eggs to swallow nests in the post-fledging period of the first brood induced mate guarding by male nest owners.
These males also copulated more frequently with their mates than did control males. Neighbouring male swallows responded to
the increased mate guarding by showing sexual interest in the guarded females.
removal of eggs from swallow nests during the laying period, leaving only one egg in the nest, resulted in reduced nest attendance
by females. Male mates responded by increasing their mate guarding intensity as compared to controls, and neighbouring males
showed an increased sexual interest in these females. 相似文献
11.
Anne Wilson Goldizen 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1987,20(2):99-109
Summary Wild saddle-back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis) in southeastern Peru have a variable mating system that can differ both between territories at any one time and within territories over time. Groups are usually monogamous or cooperatively polyandrous, but are occasionally even polygynous. This study addressed the following questions: why does this population contain both monogamous and polyandrous groups simultaneously? What factors determine whether specific groups are monogamous or polyandrous? The data from this study population tentatively support the hypothesis that adults should mate monogramously only if they have nonreproductive helpers (usually older offspring) to help rear infants. Without helpers, the reproductive success of both males and females is hypothesized to be higher, on average, if they mate polyandrously than if they mate monogamously. The proposed benefits of polyandry to males and females differ quantitatively, but in both cases benefits stem from the help that males provide in rearing young. The following results support this hypothesis. (1) Lone pairs were never seen to attempt breeding, and calculations suggest that the costs of lactation and infant-carrying are too great for lone pairs to have a high probability of being able to raise twin offspring (the normal litter size). (2) Polyandrous males and nonreproductive offspring contributed substantially to infant care, particularly infant-carrying (fig. 2). (3) Adult males carried infants approximately twice as often as did lactating females, presumably because of the combined costs of (a) lactation (Fig. 3) and (b) infant-carrying (Fig. 4). The proximate causes of cooperative polyandry inS. fuscicollis appear to be different from those responsible in several bird species, showing that cooperative polyandry is a complex phenomenon. 相似文献
12.
Corey R. Freeman-Gallant 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,40(6):395-400
Empirical relationships between parentage and male parental care are commonly interpreted in the context of life-history
models that consider increased offspring survivorship as the only benefit of paternal effort. However, indirect benefits associated
with male care can also influence a male's response to cuckoldry: if females allocate paternity according to their prior experience
with male parental care, it may pay for males to provision extra-pair young in early broods. Here, I assess the relationship
between first-brood parentage and paternal care in a population of Savannah sparrows (Passerculussandwichensis) where a male's fertilization success in the second brood appears to be influenced by his prior parental performance. Based
on the multi-locus DNA fingerprinting of 17 first broods, male feeding effort was influenced by parentage (percent of brood
resulting from within-pair fertilizations) but not by brood size, male mating status (monogamous versus polygynous), timing
of breeding (hatching date), structural size (wing length) or condition (mass). Males provided more care to broods that contained
few within-pair young. This result supports the idea that males provision young to increase their future mating success, but
alternative hypotheses involving male quality and timing of breeding cannot be excluded.
Received: 13 August 1996 / Accepted after revision: 22 February 1997 相似文献
13.
Brood sex ratio is dependent on female mating status in polygynous great reed warblers 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Isao Nishiumi 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,44(1):9-14
Females capable of adjusting the sex ratio of their offspring should be more fit than females lacking such an ability. In
polygynous birds where breeding success in males is more strongly influenced by body size and/or attractiveness than in females,
females might produce more sons when predicting good conditions or when mating with attractive males. Polygynous great reed
warbler, Acrocephalusarundinaceus, males direct most of their feeding effort to the primary (first-hatching) nest and in these nests increase their feeding
effort in relation to the brood sex ratio (proportion of sons). Therefore, with the expectation of well-nourished sons, we
would predict that females which start breeding first within harems might produce more sons than those which start breeding
later, and in anticipation of sons with good genes, that females mated to polygynous males might produce more sons than females
mated to monogamous males. I took blood samples from hatchlings and determined the sex using DNA markers. The sex ratio of
primary (monogamous and polygynous primary) broods is more male-biased (mean 0.58 males, n = 50) than that of secondary (polygynous secondary and tertiary) broods (mean 0.46, n = 25). Moreover, in the secondary broods with the largest clutch (five eggs), in which offspring are most likely to suffer
food shortage, the sex ratio was distinctively female biased (mean 0.33, n = 10). In the primary broods, sex ratio was correlated to harem size. The results suggest that great reed warbler females
modify the brood sex ratio to produce both well-nourished sons and sons with good genes, but the former effect is probably
stronger than the latter factor.
Received: 11 March 1998 / Accepted after revision: 23 May 1998 相似文献
14.
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
15.
American black bears frequently abandon their home ranges in late summer and move to feeding areas to fatten themselves for
hibernation. We examined seasonal movements of 206 radio-collared bears in north-central Minnesota during 1981–1990. We exploited
the variability in this long-term data set to test tradeoffs for animals leaving their home range. Late summer movements were
common for both sexes and all ages (39% of females, 44% of males), but were variable from year-to-year in prevalence, timing,
and destination. Bears typically left their summer home ranges in August and returned ~6 weeks later in September or October.
Most traveled southward, where acorns were more plentiful (median = 10 km for females, 26 km for males; maximum = 168 km).
These facultative migrations were most common when rich resources were available outside home ranges. Bears were least apt
to leave when foods were scarce in their home range, possibly sensing a risk of migrating during a widespread food failure.
Among females, those whose body mass was close to a reproductive threshold were most prone to migrate. Migrating bears were
less likely to be killed by hunters, suggesting that they were especially vigilant. 相似文献
16.
We studied movement and site fidelity of males and females of the territorial frog Allobates femoralis (Aromobatidae) in a population in the Nature Reserve “Les Nouragues” in French Guiana, South America. Observations during
3 months in 2006 ascertained intra-seasonal site fidelity for males and females. Males actively defend large multi-purpose
territories whereas females retreat to small resting sites from where they commute to neighbouring males for courtship and
mating. Female short-term movement corroborates the previous assumption of a polygynous or promiscuous resource-defence mating
system. Year-to-year recaptures from 2005 until 2008 revealed distinct patterns of inter-annual movement for males and regional
site fidelity for females. Males abandon their territories and have to re-negotiate them when reproduction starts again at
the end of the dry season. Females are not subject to intra- or inter-sexual territorial competition and as a result move
significantly less between reproductive seasons than males. Male long-term movement reflects spatial structure and prevailing
social interactions and is a reliable indicator for tadpole deposition sites. The combined effects of intra- and inter-seasonal
movement promote the diversity of mates for both sexes. 相似文献
17.
The extent to which male birds in polygynous species with biparental care assist in nestling feeding often varies considerably
between nests of different mating status. Both how much polygynous males assist and how they divide their effort between nests
may have a profound effect on the evolution of mating systems. In this study we investigated how males in the facultatively
polygynous European starling Sturnus vulgaris invested in their different nests. The amount of male assistance affected the quality of the offspring. Polygynous males
invested as much as monogamous males, but divided their effort asymmetrically between nests, predominantly feeding nestlings
of first-mated (primary) females. Although females partly compensated for loss of male assistance, total feeding frequency
was lower at primary females’ nests than at monogamous females nests. Secondary females received even less assistance with
nestling rearing, and the extent to which males assisted decreased with the length of the interval between the hatching of
the primary and secondary clutches. These results are contrasted with those from a Belgian populations of starlings with a
much more protracted breeding season and thus greater opportunities for males to attract additional mates during the nestling
rearing period. The results show that both the “defence of male parental investment model” and the “asynchronous settlement
model” have explanatory power, but that their validity depends on the potential length of the breeding season.
Received: 21 July 1995/Accepted after revision: 13 July 1996 相似文献
18.
Male dung beetles, Onthophagus taurus, are dimorphic for a secondary sexual trait, head horns. Horned males participate in the production of brood masses while
hornless male do not. Here we examine the reproductive performance of females mated with males exhibiting alternative horn
morphologies. We found that exposure to males may be costly for females in that it reduced the total number of brood masses
produced. However, females paired with horned males produced significantly larger brood masses than females paired with hornless
males or females producing broods alone. We discuss the possible selection pressures that may underly horn evolution in this
genus.
Received: 22 August 1997 / Accepted after revision: 19 January 1998 相似文献
19.
In mammalian polygynous mating systems, male reproductive effort consists mainly of male–male competition and courting of
females, which entail substantial somatic costs. Males are thus expected to adjust their reproductive effort according to
their age and condition. In this study, we examined how activity budgets of male mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), a polygynous ungulate, varied with age in a marked population over two periods: (1) summers 1995–2006 and (2) ruts 2004–2006.
We then assessed if the proportions of time spent in male–male competition and courtship behaviors were influenced by age-specific
body mass and social rank during the rut. Males spent most of their time foraging and resting during summer, and rested more
and foraged less with increasing age. During the rut, pronounced shifts in activity budgets occurred as juveniles (1–2 years)
increased time spent foraging, whereas adults (≥3 years) increased standing and time spent in social interactions at the expense
of foraging. At old age, reproductive effort either stabilized or decreased slightly, providing weak support for the ‘mating
strategy–effort’ hypothesis, predicting that courtship behaviors should peak in prime-aged males. Age-specific body mass did
not affect time spent in male–male competition, but was positively related with time spent in courtship behaviors, providing
support for the ‘individual quality’ hypothesis, predicting that males with more resources at the start of the rut should
spend more time in mating-related activities. Age-specific social rank did not affect reproductive effort. Surviving to prime
age while increasing mass each year should thus allow male ungulates to gain greater ability to court estrus females. 相似文献
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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