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More knowledge of the proximate factors that influence parasite loads would help us understand the selective pressures faced by hosts and host-parasite evolution. Testosterone has been associated with increased parasite loads in vertebrates. Here we asked whether experimentally elevated testosterone affected ectoparasite loads in free-ranging northern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus). Males were captured, given testosterone or sham implants, and released. In 2 consecutive years, testosterone-implanted males had significantly more ectoparasites at recapture than did controls. Additionally, ectoparasite loads were positively correlated with testosterone concentrations in unmanipulated males, and males had significantly more ectoparasites than did females. The results are consistent with an effect of testosterone on parasite loads. However, rather than elevated testosterone increasing mite loads in experimental males, it appeared that high testosterone inhibited a natural seasonal decline in mite loads. Testosterone-implanted males also lost body mass whereas controls gained mass. Among controls, those retaining the most ectoparasites over the course of the experiment experienced the smallest gains in body mass, suggesting that the mites are costly. 相似文献
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Increased energy expenditure due to increased territorial defense in male lizards after phenotypic manipulation 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Catherine A. Marler Glenn Walsberg Myra L. White Michael Moore C. A. Marler 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1995,37(4):225-231
Fitness tradeoffs are difficult to examine because many fitness variables are correlated and vary in the same direction. Phenotypic manipulation circumvents many of these difficulties, and here we used this technique to examine mechanisms for tradeoffs between increased aggression (territorial defense) and survivorship. The behavioral phenotype of male mountain spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovi) was manipulated with testosterone to increase territorial defense, a sexually selected trait. We previously demonstrated that increased territorial defense results in a decrease in survival caused by a lower ratio of energy intake to energy expenditure. Here we measured energy consumption of increased territorial aggression using the doubly labeled water technique in the field and compared males with and without testosterone implants (Fig. 1). In a supplementary study we measured standard metabolic rate using captive lizards given similar testosterone implants to examine if an increase in energy expenditure was a result of only an increase in standard metabolic rate (Fig. 3). Our results indicated that a primary contribution to tradeoffs between increased territorial defense and survivorship could be made by a 31% increase in energy expenditure in the field that is not due to an increase in standard metabolic rate. 相似文献
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Summary Many lizards autotomize their tails to escape when grasped by a predator. It is hypothesized that tail loss causes a reduction in social status, thereby potentially lowering their reproductive success. We experimentally induced tail loss in Lacerta monticola in a semi-natural enclosure, and show that tail loss reduced social status and mating access in males. Tailless males increased body mass more rapidly than tailed dominant males, probably due to lower aggression costs. Also, tailless females were courted less and copulated less than tailed females, supporting the hypothesis that tail loss decreases reproduction potential.Correspondence to: J. Martin 相似文献
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Delayed plumage maturation in Lazuli buntings: tests of the female mimicry and status signalling hypotheses 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Vincent R. Muehter Erick Greene Laurene Ratcliffe 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,41(4):281-290
The evolutionary importance of delayed plumage maturation (DPM) in passerines, the condition when more than 1 year is required
to achieve adult-like coloration, remains highly contentious. Adaptive hypotheses propose that aggression from after 2nd-year
(ASY) males or predation favors DPM in 2nd-year (SY) males, thereby increasing SY male survivorship or reproductive success.
However, each hypothesis suggests a distinct selective mechanism explaining “how” this is accomplished. Alternatively, DPM
may be a consequence of a nonadaptive molt constraint. We tested the female mimicry and status signalling hypotheses in territorial
ASY male lazuli buntings (Passerinaamoena) using three sets of model presentation experiments. The female mimicry hypothesis proposes that dull SY male plumage deceptively
mimics female plumage, and predicts that ASY males can not distinguish SY male from female plumage. The status signalling
hypothesis proposes that dull SY male plumage honestly signals low competitive threat, and predicts that ASY males respond
less aggressively to dull versus bright, ASY-like plumage. Contrary to the female mimicry hypothesis, ASY males distinguished
between SY male and female plumage, as they were aggressive to SY male models exclusively and attempted to copulate with female
models. Supporting the status signalling hypothesis, ASY males were significantly less aggressive to SY versus ASY male plumage.
While DPM may result from a physiological constraint on bright SY male plumage, our results support the idea that dull plumage
in an SY male's first breeding season may be maintained by selection to reduce aggression from ASY males, serving as a signal
of competitive status.
Received: 21 February 1997 / Accepted after revision: 16 June 1997 相似文献
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J. C. Beehner T. J. Bergman D. L. Cheney R. M. Seyfarth P. L. Whitten 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2006,59(4):469-479
Despite the many benefits that testosterone has on male reproduction, sustaining high levels of testosterone for long periods
can be costly. The challenge hypothesis predicts that males will show temporarily sustained elevations of testosterone at
critical periods, counterbalanced by decreased levels during noncritical periods. We investigated male testosterone measures
extracted from fecal samples in a group of chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) living in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Because rank serves as a proxy for competition for mates, we examined how male testosterone
was related to dominance rank, age, aggression, and mating activity. Males showed an elevation in testosterone at maturity;
young adult males had the highest testosterone levels followed by a steady decline with age. Among dispersing males, testosterone
was temporarily elevated in the month following dispersal. After controlling for age, testosterone and rank were unrelated,
but testosterone and changes in rank were positively correlated, such that males rising in rank had higher testosterone than
males falling in rank. Thus, for males in this group, testosterone was predictive of a male's rank trajectory, or future rank.
Similarly, male testosterone levels predicted future, rather than current, mating activity. Finally, male testosterone and
aggression rates were unrelated during stable periods in the dominance hierarchy but positively related during unstable periods
when high ranks were being contested. In general, our results support the challenge hypothesis with males exhibiting elevated
testosterone in association with the acquisition of high rank (ensuring access to mates), rather than with mating itself. 相似文献
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Testosterone and the allocation of reproductive effort in male house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) 总被引:9,自引:1,他引:8
Testosterone has been proposed to serve as the mediator that controls the relative effort that an individual male bird will
devote to mating effort versus parental effort. Here, we demonstrate a testosterone-influenced trade-off between parental
and mating efforts in male house finches. Male house finches with experimentally elevated testosterone fed nestlings at a
significantly lower rate, but sang at a higher rate than males without manipulated testosterone levels. Females mated to testosterone-implanted
males fed nestlings at a significantly higher rate than females mated to males without testosterone implants, resulting in
similar feeding rates for both treated and untreated pairs. The effects of testosterone on male house finches, however, were
not as dramatic as the effects of testosterone observed in some other socially monogamous species of birds. Because extra-pair
copulations are uncommon in house finches and males provide substantial amounts of parental care, these more modest effects
may be due to differences in how the allocation of reproductive effort affects the costs and benefits of different reproductive
behaviors.
Received: 6 June 2000 / Accepted: 17 July 2000 相似文献
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Male ornamentation is assumed to have evolved primarily from selection by female mate choice. Yet this is only one possible
reason for ornament evolution. Ornaments might also be useful in aggressive competition by improving opponent assessment between
males, or they might function to enhance signal detection by making males more conspicuous in the environment. We tested both
these ideas in territorial Anolis lizards in which female choice is either absent or secondary to males competing for territories that overlap female home
ranges. Male tail crests only evolved in species in which territory neighbors were distant, consistent with the signal detection
hypothesis. Once the tail crest had evolved, however, it seems to have become a signal in itself, with variation in the frequency
and size of tail crests within species correlating with variables predicted by the aggressive competition hypothesis. Our
study presents an apparent example of a male ornament in which the selection pressure leading to variation among species in
ornament expression is different from the selection pressure acting on variation within species. The Anolis tail crest is therefore likely to be an exaptation. We caution that conclusions made on the evolution of male ornaments are
dependent on the phylogenetic perspective adopted by a study. Studies restricted to single species are useful for identifying
selection pressures in contemporary settings (i.e., the current utility of traits), but may lead to erroneous conclusions
on the factors that initially lead to the origin of traits. 相似文献
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Female preference for dominant males is widespread and it is generally assumed that success in male-male competition reflects high quality. However, male dominance is not always attractive to females. Alternatively, relatively symmetric individuals may experience fitness advantages, but it remains to be determined whether males with more symmetrical secondary sexual traits experience advantages in both intra- and intersexual selection. We analysed the factors that determine dominance status in males of the lizard Lacerta monticola, and their relationship to female mate preference, estimated by the attractiveness of males' scents to females. Sexually dimorphic traits of this lizard (head size and femoral pores) appear to be advanced by different selection pressures. Males with relatively higher heads, which give them advantage in intrasexual contests, were more dominant. However, head size was unimportant to females, which preferred to be in areas marked by relatively heavier males, but also by males more symmetric in their counts of left and right femoral pores. Chemicals arising from the femoral pores and other glands might honestly indicate quality (i.e. related to the symmetry levels) of a male to females and may result from intersexual selection. Females may use this information because the only benefit of mate choice to female lizards may be genetic quality. Chemical signals may be more reliable and have a greater importance in sexual selection processes of lizards than has previously been considered. 相似文献
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In a variety of taxa, male reproductive success is positively related to the expression of costly traits such as large body
size, ornaments, armaments, and aggression. These traits are thought to improve male competitive ability and, thus, access
to limited reproductive resources. Females of many species also express competitive traits. However, we know very little about
the consequences of individual variation in competitive traits and the mechanisms that regulate their expression in females.
Consequently, it is currently unclear whether females express competitive traits owing to direct selection or as an indirect
result of selection on males. Here, we examine females of a mildly dimorphic songbird (Junco hyemalis) to determine whether females show positive covariance in traits (morphology and behavior) that may be important in a competition.
We also examine whether trait expression relates either to testosterone (T) in terms of mechanism or to reproductive success
in terms of function. We found that larger females were more aggressive and that greater ability to produce T in response
to a physiological challenge consisting of a standardized injection of gonadotropin-releasing hormone predicted some measures
of female body size and aggression. Finally, we found that aggressive females had greater reproductive success. We conclude
that T may influence female phenotype and that females may benefit from expressing a competitive phenotype. We also suggest
that the mild dimorphism observed in many species may be due in part to direct selection on females rather than simply a correlated
response to selection in males. 相似文献
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Ivo H. Machatschke Barbara E. Bauer Cornelia Schrauf John Dittami Bernard Wallner 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,62(8):1341-1350
Polygynous mating systems can inflict considerable costs on males, often causing the emergence of alternative mating strategies
to ensure reproductive success. These strategies can lead to different morphs of color, size, or behavior. The present work
was done on guinea pigs, a polygynous rodent species. Some males can show a reduced readiness for conflict, perhaps employing
an alternative mating strategy. To test this hypothesis, a two-stage experiment was set up, with males (N = 16) and females (N = 16) initially living in isosexual groups. Visual and olfactory contact was possible through a wire mesh. Male agonistic
behavior was observed for 15 days, confirming the existence of less-conflict-involved (LCI, N = 7) and more-conflict-involved males (MCI, N = 9). Significant differences were found for a conditional parameter, body mass, and a morphometric one, testis width: LCI
consistently surpassed MCI. Hormonally, cortisol was comparable, while testosterone was distinctly higher in MCI. Next, males
and females were joined and observed for further 24 days. Males initially lost weight but reached original mass towards the
end of the experiment. Testis width patterns were similar. Again, LCI had higher body mass. Cortisol was comparable, but testosterone
release 3 days after merging was significantly higher in LCI. Behaviorally, LCI exhibited significantly less male–male aggression
and more socio-sexual behavior than MCI. The former were more successful, with 57% capable of accessing females, in contrast
to 11% of MCI. The existence of two distinct behavioral phenotypes in guinea pig males suggests that different reproductive
strategies may exist in this species. 相似文献
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John H. Carothers 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1981,8(4):261-266
Summary A study of social organization in an herbivorous lizard Ctenosaura hemilopha investigated the role of dominance in group member behavior. Attention focused on a very populous (16 ind.) colony to examine causes and effects of crowding with respect to competitive factors. Lizards were colonial, with a top-rank male, one or more adult females, and various subadults and juveniles. Top-rank males defended harems, with colonies female-biased (1:4 in focal colony). Dominance hierarchy was observed, with females more aggressive than males, except for the top-rank male. Group awareness facilitated adaptive responses to threatening dominants and predators. Strong correlations existed among individual size, rank, and aggression. Top-rank male aggressiveness was partly explained by harem defense. Food resource competition, which causes aggression in female insectivorous lizards, did not explain female C. hemilopha behavior. Response to predators, predator fecal pellet analysis, and tail break frequencies implicate crevice escape sites for predator avoidance as a prime controller of social and population structure in these lizards. 相似文献
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Sexual cannibalism particularly before mating is costly for the male victim but also for the female aggressor if she risks
remaining unmated. The aggressive spillover hypothesis explains the persistence of this behavior as a maladaptive side effect
of positive selection on aggressiveness in a foraging context. The hypothesis predicts that the occurrence of sexual cannibalism
is explained by female aggressiveness but is not related to male phenotype or behavioral type. An alternative hypothesis invokes
sexual selection and makes the opposite prediction namely that sexual cannibalism is an expression of female choice and should
hence mainly target males of low quality. We tested the above hypotheses on a sexually dimorphic nephilid spider Nephilengys livida, known for male monopolization of females via genital damage, female genital plugging, and mate guarding, by staging mating
trials during which we recorded mating behaviors and occurrences of pre- and postcopulatory cannibalism. We did not restrict
assessment of aggressiveness to the mating and foraging context but also included aggression against same sex conspecifics.
To assess female personalities, i.e., consistent individual differences in behavior including aggressiveness, we repeatedly
tested them for intra-sex aggression, voracity towards prey, locomotory activity, and boldness. Females exhibited consistent
differences in intra-sex aggressiveness, latency to attack prey, and boldness. Aggressive females had shorter latencies to
attack prey and were more active than non-aggressive ones. In contrast to the predictions of the aggressive spillover hypothesis,
females that were aggressive towards prey and towards other females were not more likely to attack a male than non-aggressive
females. In support of the mate choice hypothesis, less aggressive males were more likely attacked and cannibalized than more
aggressive ones. This hints at sexual selection for aggressiveness in males and raises the question of mechanisms that maintain
variation in male aggressiveness. 相似文献
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Jennifer C. Owen Mary C. Garvin Frank R. Moore 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2014,68(4):561-569
The primary cue for initiation of spring migratory restlessness (Zugunruhe) in landbird migrants is photoperiod. Gonadal hormones are known to have a role in the regulation of migratory disposition; however, the extent of their effect is not well understood. We examined the impact of exogenous testosterone on the onset of migratory restlessness in gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis). Catbirds were stratified by sex and randomly assigned to two rooms; individuals in one room were photoadvanced to initiate migratory restlessness and the other room was maintained on a 12:12 light/dark photoperiod. Each room had three groups (n?=?10/group); males with testosterone implants, males with empty implants, and females. We predicted that in the photoadvanced room males with testosterone implants would initiate migratory activity earlier than empty-implanted males. We found that in the photoadvanced group, testosterone-implanted males initiated migration 2 weeks prior to empty-implanted males, and 3 weeks prior to females. In the non-photoadvanced males, the testosterone-implanted males initiated migration at the same time as the corresponding group in the photoadvanced room, while the empty-implanted males and females did not exhibit Zugunruhe. Our results illustrate that elevated testosterone can advance the onset of Zugunruhe, even in the absence of an extended photoperiod. Additionally, the onset of migratory restlessness observed in the photoadvanced, non-testosterone-implanted males and females further supports the importance of photoperiod as a cue for migratory restlessness. An interesting observation was the intersexual differences in the onset of migratory activity in gray catbirds, a species not previously known to exhibit protandry. 相似文献
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Peter D. Dijkstra Ole Seehausen Boye L. A. Gricar Martine E. Maan Ton G. G. Groothuis 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2006,59(5):704-713
It has been suggested that sympatric speciation can be driven by sexual selection on male mating traits alone. However, a
fundamental problem for this process is the lack of ecological differentiation that would stabilize the coexistence of incipient
species through frequency-dependent selection. Such selection can also occur if male aggression is primarily directed towards
similar rather than towards dissimilar phenotypes, so that rare male phenotypes would enjoy a negatively frequency-dependent
fitness advantage. We experimentally tested such an aggression bias in two recently diverged, ecologically and anatomically
similar sympatric cichlid species pairs of the genus Pundamilia from Lake Victoria. Territorial males of a pair of partially reproductively isolated species with red and blue nuptial coloration,
respectively, studied in the laboratory were confronted simultaneously with both colour types enclosed in transparent tubes.
Red males were more aggressive to red stimuli under white light but not when colour differences were masked under green light.
Blue males were equally aggressive to both stimuli in both light conditions. Males of two apparently fully reproductively
isolated species, again one with red and one with blue nuptial coloration, studied in the field, both directed more aggressive
behaviour towards conspecific than towards heterospecific stimulus males. The differential allocation of aggression would
create an advantage for males of the less abundant phenotype or species, thereby potentially supporting stable coexistence
of the phenotypes. The finding that this effect was less clear in the partially reproductively isolated species pair than
in the fully isolated species pair is discussed. 相似文献
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Some sexual selection models envisage exaggerated male secondary sexual characters to be costly and therefore reliable indicators of the quality of potential mates to choosy females. If male secondary sexual characters have a natural selection cost, they may be linked to each other by reciprocally constraining relationships that would prevent individual males from increasing their level of multiple signaling. Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) males have at least two costly signals relevant to socio-sexual interactions: tail length and song. Under the hypothesis that a trade-off exists between male signals, we manipulated the maintenance cost of tail ornaments to test whether this reduced the quantity and quality of song, a condition-dependent, phenotypically plastic signal. Contrary to our expectation, tail elongation had no effect on singing activity and song complexity. However, tail-elongated males produced songs with longer terminal parts ('rattles'). Long rattles are associated with highly competitive social contexts and high circulating levels of testosterone, suggesting that tail-elongated males were more frequently involved in either male-male aggressive or inter-sexual interactions. Therefore, this study shows that males are not displaying multiple signals at the maximum possible level, implying that this system is open to unreliable communication. However, long-term trade-offs between signal expression and viability may prevent males from displaying both signals at higher rates.Communicated by: M. Webster 相似文献
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Male Iberian rock lizards may reduce the costs of fighting by scent matching of the resource holders
Animals should adopt strategies to minimize the costs of intraspecific aggressive interactions. For example, individuals should
be able to identify resource holders in advance and avoid fighting with them because residents are generally more likely than
intruders escalate aggression. It has been suggested that scent marks function mainly to allow competitor assessment by conveying
the costs of entering a scent-marked area. Individuals may identify territory owners by comparing the scent of substrate marks
with the scent of any conspecific they encounter nearby, assessing whether these two scents match or not, a mechanism known
as scent matching. Here, we examined the response of male Iberolacerta cyreni lizards to areas scent-marked by other males and the potential role of scent matching in agonistic interactions. We designed
a laboratory experiment where we allowed a male to explore the scent-marked substrate of another male, and then we immediately
staged agonistic encounters in a nearby clean neutral area with either the male that had produced the scent marks (matching
treatment) or with a different non-matching individual male. The higher chemosensory exploratory rates of substrate scent
marks in comparison to clean substrates suggested that males detected and spent more time exploring scent marks to obtain
information on the donor male. Moreover, this information was later used to decide the fighting strategy. Intruding males
delayed time until the first agonistic interaction, reduced the intensity of fights and the number of aggressive interactions,
and won less interactions with males which scent matched that of scent marks (because they would be considered as the territory
owners) than with other non-matching individuals. Our results show that male I. cyreni lizards use scent matching as a mechanism to assess the ownership status of other males, which could contribute to modulate
intrasexual aggression, reducing costs of agonistic interactions. 相似文献
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Summary Rove beetles (Leistotrophus versicolor) forage and mate at dung and carrion in the riparian forest of northwestern Costa Rica. After copulating, males often launch a post-copulatory attack against their recent partner. We test four hypotheses on the adaptive value of male behavior: (1) The sperm competition hypothesis proposes that the behavior may be the functional equivalent of mate-guarding, (2) the sperm-transfer signal hypothesis states that males bite their mates after copulating to signal that they have successfully passed sperm, (3) the feeding competition hypothesis argues that male aggression toward mates occurs to drive away competitors for fly prey, and (4) the redirected aggression hypothesis is that male attacks after mating occur when threatened males redirect their aggression onto their partners. Only the sperm competition hypothesis withstands testing. As required by this hypothesis, females are usually receptive while at dung, and will mate with more than one male in a morning. In addition, males are more likely to attack a mate when they have fought earlier in the day with other males, an indicator of the presence of rival males and the risk of sperm competition. Contrary to the sperm-transfer signal hypothesis (2), biting of mates does not occur after nearly 40% of all copulations; it seems unlikely that mating males so often fail to transfer sperm. Whether males have fed or not prior to mating has no effect on the probability of post-copulatory attack, a result that contradicts the food competition hypothesis (3). Finally, the occurrence of attacks by males on females in the absence of an immediate threat from a rival argues against the redirected aggression hypothesis (4). 相似文献
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We report a long-term study of offspring sex ratios in the cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus. Detailed study of this species had revealed a suite of potentially strong selection pressures on the sex ratio. First, females
gain substantial fitness benefits from the presence of helpers; so females without male helpers would benefit from any strategy
that increased the probability of recruiting help, such as overproduction of sons (local resource enhancement hypothesis),
but large numbers of helper males compete among themselves, favouring the production of daughters (local resource competition).
Second, daughters fledged early in the season have far greater chances of recruitment to the breeding population than late-fledged
daughters, so mothers would benefit from production of daughters early in the breeding season (early bird hypothesis). Third,
extra-group mate choice imposes strong sexual selection on males, suggesting that females mating with attractive sires could
benefit from investing in sons (sexual selection hypothesis). However, the predictions from these and other sex ratio hypotheses
were rejected. The only convincing evidence for manipulation of the sex ratio was a slight bias towards sons (11 sons to 10
daughters) that occurred regardless of context. This result does not support current theory. 相似文献
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Maria I. Sandell 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,62(2):255-262
In the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris, optimal mating systems differ between males and females. Males gain from polygyny, whereas monogamy increases female fitness.
The cost of polygyny to females lead to intense female–female competition, and it has previously been shown that the intensity
of female aggression during the pre-breeding period can predict the realised mating system. The physiological regulation of
such female aggression in starlings is not yet known. This study examines the role of testosterone in mediating aggressive
behaviours involved in intra-specific reproductive competition in female starlings. Testosterone levels were experimentally
elevated with testosterone implants in females during the pre-laying period. To simulate a situation in which an additional
female tried to mate with the focal female’s mate, a caged female was presented close to a nest-site to which the male could
attract a secondary female. Testosterone was significantly related to several behaviours involved in female–female interactions.
Females with testosterone implants spent significantly more time close to the caged female and produced more song bouts than
control females. In contrast, male behaviour was unrelated to the experimental status of the mate. Females mated to males
that attracted a secondary female were less aggressive towards the caged female than those that remained monogamously mated.
The effect of exogenous testosterone in this study indicates that androgens may mediate social behaviours in female starlings
during the breeding season. 相似文献
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Spermatophore characteristics in bushcrickets vary with parasitism and remating interval 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Male bushcrickets provide females with a nuptial gift, a spermatophore, which is transferred to females at mating. The spermatophore
consists of a gelatinous mass, the spermatophylax, and the sperm-containing ampulla. Male spermatophore size is positively
correlated with insemination rate and female refractory period and therefore with male reproductive success. In this study,
we examined spermatophylax weight, ampulla weight and sperm number in males of Poecilimon mariannae parasitized by the acoustically orienting fly Therobia leonidei. We show that in parasitized males, spermatophylax weight decreases with the level of parasitism. In line with the hypothesis
that parasitism is a cost to reproduction, we found that spermatophylax weight was reduced at remating. In contrast, the replenishment
of the spermatophylax in unparasitized males was complete after 2 days and was increased no further after 3 days. Both sperm
number and ampulla weight showed an increase over time since last mating and sperm production was estimated at a constant
rate of 500,000 per day in all individuals, regardless of parasitism. The allocation of investment in components of the spermatophore
varies greatly with parasitism and remating. Both factors had rather independent effects on spermatophore constitution, revealing
functional constraints acting on spermatophore characteristics in bushcrickets, which are important for understanding the
selection pressures working on its components.
Received: 13 September 1999 / Received in revised form: 4 February 2000 / Accepted: 13 March 2000 相似文献