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Non-aggressive mate guarding by the blue-footed booby: a balance of female and male control 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
Thirteen pairs of blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) were observed on their colony. Pairs courted frequently and, on average, copulated 24 times during the 30 days before laying,
with 38% of those copulations occurring in the last 5 days (presumed fertile period). Males and females increased attendance
at the nest site as laying approached. Seven females performed an average seven extra-pair copulations, with 1–2 paired male
neighbors, but these were less concentrated in the presumed fertile period than within-pair copulations, and the last two
copulations of all 7 females were with their social mates. Rates of female extra-pair copulations were six times lower when
their social mate was present, and during the presumed fertile period, no female performed an extra-pair copulation in the
presence of her mate. Males did not respond to infidelity of social mates with aggression, prompt copulation, retaliatory
copulation, or increase in copulation. Seven of 13 males performed an average of five extra-pair copulations, with 1–3 paired
female neighbors, before their own mates began egg-laying. The males' extra-pair copulations represented only 4% of their
total copulations during their own mates' presumed fertile periods. Females, the larger sex, apparently control sexual access
and copulate with extra males to achieve extra-pair fertilization. Males pursue a mixed strategy: they copulate with extra
females, mostly outside their own mate's presumed fertile period, and they copulate increasingly with their social mate as
laying approaches, probably assuring some paternity by mate guarding, involving attendance and courtship. Behavior of males
and females is also consistent with other hypotheses for extensive joint nest site attendance: pairbonding, copulation access,
and territory acquisition.
Received: 14 November 1997 / Accepted after revision: 16 May 1998 相似文献
2.
We examined the dynamics and avoidance of mate guarding, by males and females, in the blue-footed booby, in which the two social mates are usually simultaneously present on the territory but each of them is unmonitored by the other for one-quarter of its time. Both sexes were promiscuous and liable to switch mates. Cuckolded individuals did not increase their overall presence on the territory, but in response to the extra-pair (EP) courtships of their mates, both sexes doubled their rate of intra-pair (IP) courtship and sometimes showed aggression. The male or female's presence depressed the social mate's EP activity, but intra-pair courtship had no such effect, tending even to propitiate that EP activity. Similarly, when females responded to their social mates' EP courtship with approach or aggression, disruption of EP activity was short-lived. Promiscuous females modified their diurnal pattern of attendance, as if attempting to sidestep monitoring by their mates, but cuckolded males matched the modification. Both sexes tended to perform their EP activities at a distance when their mates were present, possibly to evade monitoring or disruption by their mates. Male and female boobies cannot monitor their mates continuously, they do little to facultatively adjust their presence on territory to the risk of infidelity, and their immediate responses to overt infidelity have only the briefest impact; but the information they acquire while monitoring their mates may be critical to constraining their mates' infidelity and also to calibrating their own reproductive investment. 相似文献
3.
Bart Kempenaers G. R. Verheyen André A. Dhondt 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1995,36(1):33-42
This study investigates the importance of mate guarding for males and females in the facultatively polygynous blue tit Parus caeruleus. We present observational data in combination with a paternity analysis using DNA fingerprinting to show that (1) male blue tits guard their mate, since they stay closer to their mate, initiate fewer flights and follow their mate more often during the female's presumed fertile period; (2) polygynous males do not suffer more from lost paternity despite lower mate guarding; (3) in monogamous pairs there is either no relation or a positive relation (depending upon the variable measured) between measures of mate guarding intensity and the proportion of extra-pair young in the nest; and (4) monogamous males that are more often followed by their fertile female suffered less from lost paternity. We conclude that, despite mate guarding, paternity seems to be largely under female control and unattractive males guarding their mate are making the best of a bad situation. Experimental evidence is provided showing that when males were temporarily removed from their territory, their mate suffered from increased harassment from neighbouring males that intruded in the territory and tried to copulate with the female. Almost all of these copulation attempts were unsuccessful because females refused to copulate. We conclude that mate guarding may be beneficial for females because harassment by neigbouring males is prevented. 相似文献
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Variance in female quality, operational sex ratio and male mate choice in a bushcricket 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Male bushcrickets, Kawanaphila nartee, exercise mate choice when nutrients are limited. Male mate choice is associated with a female-biased operational sex ratio
(OSR) that arises from an increased relative paternal investment under nutrient limitation. However, increased male choosiness
could be attributable to the fact that females vary more in fecundity, and consequently in mate quality, when nutrient limited.
Our objective was to experimentally partition the influences of OSR (male or female bias) and variance in mate quality (high
or low) and to assess their relative influence on the intensity of mate choice by male bushcrickets. Female quality was manipulated
by controlled feeding regimes that directly affected female fecundity. We found that males and females engaged in sexual interactions
sooner under a male-biased than a female-biased OSR. Males were more likely to reject females on their first encounter when
variance in female quality was high. However, the effect of quality variance on the total number of rejections during a 4-h
observation period was dependent on the perceived OSR. A male's prior experience of variance in female quality did not influence
male choosiness. Our observed rates of mate rejection conformed well with those predicted from recent theoretical models of
sexual differences in choosiness. In conclusion, our results show that the opportunity for selection via male mate choice
is influenced by an interaction between OSR and the variance in mate quality that arises within nutrient-limited populations
of females.
Received: 5 January 1998 / Accepted after revision: 25 October 1998 相似文献
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Evolution of the mate recognition system (MRS) can play a central role in animal speciation. One dramatic consequence of changes
in the MRS is the failure of individuals from divergent lineages to successfully court and mate, thereby reducing gene flow
between these groups. Here, we test the role of an acoustic mating signal on mate choice in a Hawaiian cricket genus (Gryllidae:
Laupala). Speciation in Laupala is proceeding at an extremely rapid rate, apparently driven by divergence in aspects of the mate recognition system, most
conspicuously the pulse rate of male calling song. Previous studies demonstrate that females prefer the pulse rate of a conspecific
male’s song when perceived at long range, in laboratory phonotaxis trials. In this study, we examined mate choice in two species
that differ dramatically in pulse rate: Laupala paranigra and Laupala kohalensis. We tested the female’s preference in both species for pulse rates at close range, by providing females an opportunity to
mate with hybrid males producing a range of intermediate pulse rates. Results of our study demonstrate that while strong behavioral
barriers exist between these two species, variation in the pulse rate of male calling song did not predict female mate choice
at close range. These results suggest a more complex architecture to mate recognition in Laupala than previously hypothesized. 相似文献
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Pheromone-based female mate choice and its effect on reproductive investment in a spitting spider 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Teck Hui Koh Wee Khee Seah Laura-Marie Y. L. Yap Daiqin Li 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(6):923-930
Numerous studies have focused on whether organisms can signal or perceive pheromones and use chemical signals in species and
mate recognition. Recently, there have been an increasing number of studies investigating whether pheromones are used in mate
choice. Yet, little attention has been paid in exploring the effects of pheromone-based mate choice on reproductive investment.
We first tested this hypothesis by providing virgin Scytodes sp. females with a choice between two virgin males in the presence of chemical signals alone and found strong evidence of
an odor-based mate preference. We then examined the consequences of the odor-based mate choice by allowing female Scytodes sp. that had previously made an odor-only mate choice to mate with preferred and non-preferred males, respectively. We measured
the success of copulation, mortality of male, pre-oviposition interval, egg-sac weight, egg weight, fecundity, fertility,
embryonic period, and size of offspring at hatching. Females that mated with the preferred males produced significantly heavier
egg sacs that contained more and larger eggs with a greater fertility. Significantly more non-preferred males than preferred
males were killed by spitting. However, pre-oviposition interval, embryonic period, and hatchling size were not affected by
female mate choice. This study is the first to demonstrate that female spiders are able to regulate their highly valuable
reproductive investment based solely on chemical signals. 相似文献
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Among sedentary species, mate and site fidelity may be imposed by year-round territoriality and high annual survivorship, both of which theoretically lead to few opportunities to move between mates and breeding territories. We examined mate and territory fidelity in sedentary neotropical buff-breasted wrens (Thryothorus leucotis) in relation to the opportunities to divorce (vacancies on neighbouring territories), breeding experience and site of origin (within vs outside local breeding population). Overall, buff-breasted wrens showed high rates of mate and territory fidelity between years, with individuals significantly more faithful to their territories than to their partners. Mate and territory fidelity was not forced upon buff-breasted wrens, as most individuals had opportunities to switch mates and territories. However, this was not uniform among all individuals. Individuals that had bred together displayed 100% mate and territory fidelity despite the fact that males and females in almost all experienced pairs had opportunities to switch mates and territories. Local recruits (philopatric offspring that acquired territories in the local breeding population) also displayed mate and territory fidelity, but fidelity occurred because recruits rarely had the opportunity to divorce prior to initiating their first breeding attempt. By contrast, almost half of all territorial individuals that originated outside the local breeding population (immigrants) had opportunity to divorce, with approximately two thirds of them switching mates and territories. Divorces occurred within the first 5 months of pairing, suggesting that immigrants may have sampled mates and territories before forming permanent partnerships. 相似文献
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N. Saino C. R. Primmer H. Ellegren A. P. Møller 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,45(3-4):211-218
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is a socially monogamous passerine which usually breeds in colonies where extra-pair copulations are frequent. Males intensively
guard their mates during the female fertile period. Since males are more likely to be available for extra-pair copulations
when their mate is not fertile, synchrony in timing of breeding may affect paternity of individual males. In this study, we
analysed the change in mate-guarding rate by males in relation to the fertility condition of the female, and the relationships
between breeding synchrony and density with paternity in first broods of 52 male barn swallows. Paternity (proportion of nestlings
fathered in own brood) was assessed by typing of three highly polymorphic microsatellite loci. Mate guarding by males peaked
during the fertile period of their mates. Paternity increased as breeding synchrony in the colony increased. Paternity of
barn swallows is positively associated with the degree of exaggeration of male tail ornaments. The relationship between male
ornamentation and paternity was partly mediated by an effect of ornament size on breeding synchrony. We suggest that females
might delay breeding with low-quality males to enhance their opportunities for being fertilised by high-quality extra-pair
males.
Received: 16 January 1998 / Accepted after revision: 25 October 1998 相似文献
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Vikram K. Iyengar 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(6):847-855
Determining the factors that affect male mating success is essential to understanding how sexual selection operates, including
explanations of the adaptive value of female preferences and how variation in male traits is maintained in a population. Although
females may appear to choose males based on a single parameter, female mate choice is often a complex series of assessments
of male quality that can only be revealed through manipulation of multiple male traits. In the moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), females have been shown to judge males primarily on their production of a courtship pheromone,
hydroxydanaidal, derived from defensive chemicals acquired as larvae. Recent work, however, suggested that other factors,
including prior mating experience by males, may also influence the outcome of precopulatory interactions with females. I ran
mating trials with one female and two males to determine whether there were any differences in male mating success based on
their prior exposure to females, mating experience, and time between matings. Previously mated males were favored over virgins
when both males lacked the pheromone, but courting experience and mating interval did not explain these differences in male
mating success. Furthermore, multiply mated males lacking the pheromone were favored over virgin males that produced the pheromone,
thus reversing the commonly observed trend of female precopulatory bias towards males with higher levels of the pheromone.
These results demonstrate that males with mating experience can secure copulations despite deficiencies in the pheromone,
and I provide possible mechanisms and discuss their implications regarding sexual selection. 相似文献
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Recent models of choosiness in mate choice have identified two particularly important factors: the potential reproductive
rate (PRR) of the choosing sex relative to that of the chosen sex, and the variation in quality of potential mates. This experimental
study tested how these factors affected choosiness in male and female sand gobies, Pomatoschistus minutus. We manipulated relative PRR by means of water temperature, and mate quality by means of body length. The choosing male or
female was offered a choice between two mates with either a small or a large difference in body length representing a small
or a large variation in mate quality. Choosiness was measured as (1) preference for the larger mate, and (2) as whether or
not spawning occurred with the smaller mate, while the larger mate was visible but screened off. We found that females preferred
large males, and that their level of choosiness was affected by variation in male quality, but not by their own relative PRR.
Males, on the other hand, seemed unselective in all treatments and were in general more likely than females to spawn with
their provided partner. This suggests that in the sand goby, variation in male mate quality has a greater influence than relative
PRR on facultative changes in female choosiness. However, a general difference in PRR between males and females may be one
important factor explaining the observed sex difference in choosiness.
Received: 17 April 2000 / Revised: 24 June 2000 / Accepted: 17 July 2000 相似文献
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Kevin J. Delaney J. Andrew Roberts George W. Uetz 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,62(1):67-75
Male signaling behaviors are often studied in a single context but may serve multiple functions (e.g., in male–male competition
and female mate choice). We examined the issue of dual function male signals in a wolf spider species Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz) that displays the same species-specific signaling behaviors in both male–male and male–female contexts. These signaling
behaviors have been described as either aggression or courtship according to the context observed. We tested the possibility
of dual functions by comparing the relationship between behaviors and outcome of male–male contests (winner/loser) and male–female
mating encounters (mating success). Frequency, rate, and mean duration of signaling behaviors did not vary with outcome of
male–male contests, which appears instead to be based upon relative size and body mass. Winners of contests had significantly
greater body mass than losers, and greater mass relative to opponents was significantly associated with probability of winning.
Overall, signaling rates were much higher in male–female interactions than in male–male contests and were higher for males
that successfully mated than for those that did not mate. Mean duration of some male displays was also greater for males that
successfully mated. However, male size was not associated with probability of mating. Taken together, results suggest an intersexual
selection context for the current function of male signals in these wolf spiders and that increased display vigor is associated
with male mating success. 相似文献
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We removed the mates of ten male black-capped chickadees (Pares atricapillus) during the nest-building period to determine the effect of female presence on dawn singing. During the first dawn chorus following mate removal, males sang significantly longer, increased movement within their territory, and increased the percentage of their territory covered while singing. After the female was returned, these parameters returned to the pre-removal values. Males did not alter the frequency range or modal frequency of their songs when the mate was removed, nor did they change the degree of frequency shifting in the fee-bee song. We conclude that dawn singing in the black-capped chickadee acts, in part, as an intersexual signal, and that the behavior of frequency shifting in the song may be directed more toward rival males than females.
Correspondence to: K. Otter 相似文献
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BriAnne Addison Alexander S. Kitaysky J. Mark Hipfner 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,63(1):135-141
Sex allocation theory posits that mothers should preferentially invest in sons when environmental conditions are favorable
for breeding, their mates are of high quality, or they are in good body condition. We tested these three hypotheses in rhinoceros
auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata), monomorphic seabirds that lay a single-egg clutch, in 2 years that differed in environmental conditions for breeding. Results
supported the environment and mate quality hypotheses, but these effects were interactive: offspring sex was independent of
paternal traits in the poor year for breeding, while females mated to larger and more ornamented males reared more sons in
the better year. Conversely, offspring sex was unrelated to female condition, as indexed by hatching date. We propose that
good rearing conditions enable females to rear sons possessing the desirable phenotypic attributes of their mates. Results
also supported two critical assumptions of sex allocation theory: (1) dimorphism in offspring condition at independence: daughters
fledged with higher baseline levels of corticosterone than sons and (2) differential costs of rearing sons versus daughters:
mothers rearing sons when environmental conditions were poor completed parental care in poorer condition than mothers rearing
daughters in the same year and mothers rearing either sex when conditions were better. These novel results may help to explain
the disparate results of previous studies of avian sex allocation. 相似文献
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Mate availability can vary widely in nature depending upon population density and sex ratio and can affect the ability of
individuals to be selective in mate choice. We tested the effects of prior encounters with the opposite sex (i.e., exposure
to the opposite sex either with or without mating) on subsequent mating behavior in two experiments that manipulated mate
availability for both males and females in the wolf spider, Hogna helluo. The probability of mating in the experimental trial depended upon whether the prior encounter involved mating or not, and
males and females responded in opposite directions. Exposure without mating resulted in a higher subsequent frequency of mating
for females and a lower subsequent frequency of mating for males, while prior mating experience resulted in a lower frequency
of female remating and a higher frequency of male remating. Prior exposure without mating did not affect female aggression.
However, mated females engaged in precopulatory cannibalism more frequently than virgins. Mated males escaped postcopulatory
cannibalism more frequently than virgins. Our results show that males respond to exposure without mating in the expected manner.
However, prior mating (1 week earlier) had unexpected effects on males, which may be due to mated males being of higher quality.
There were little or no effects of the size of the prior exposure individual or mate on subsequent mating behaviors. Further
research is needed to determine why different species use different degrees of prior information in mate choice. 相似文献
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Mark Pyron 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1995,37(6):407-412
Neither size nor breeding color correlated with spawning success of male orangethroat darters, Etheostoma spectabile (Pisces, Percidae), under natural field conditions. When females were presented experimentally with a simultaneous choice they spent no more time in proximity to large than small males, and were subsequently no more likely to spawn with large than with small males. Females also displayed no preference for bright versus dull males. Males and females did not differ significantly in size. Etheostoma spectabile may lack sexual size dimorphism as a result of the lack of female choice for size and the ineffectiveness of male attempts to monopolize females, or selection may be for increased size of females. Males are not dwarfs because of sperm competition. Contest competition among males appeared to be important in initiating spawnings but many males obtained spawnings by participating in ongoing spawning events. Etheostoma spectabile is an example of a sexually dimorphic species with no evident female preference for male size or color. 相似文献
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Leg ornamentation and the efficacy of courtship display in four species of wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae) 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
This study used both correlative and experimental video playback methods to test the hypothesis that the secondary sexual
traits of male wolf spiders act to increase the efficacy of visual courtship displays. Direct observations of courtship of
several lycosid genera and a review of the literature revealed a significant association between ornamentation and visual
courtship displays. This suggests that the ornamentation may be playing the role of amplifier for a visual display. To test
this hypothesis, male courtship behaviors of four Schizocosa species were experimentally manipulated using video-imaging techniques. Females of species with non-visually displaying,
non-ornamented males (Schizocosa duplex and S. uetzi) did not increase in frequency of receptivity when tufts were added to conspecific males. In a species with a visual display
and foreleg pigmentation (S. stridulans), the addition of foreleg tufts increased female receptivity. In a tufted species (S. crassipes), females tended to decrease their receptivity when male ornamentation was completely removed. In visually displaying species,
ornamentation acts to increase female receptivity, supporting its role as an amplifier of a visual display.
Received: 29 December 1997 / Received in revised form: 23 October 1999 / Accepted: 13 December 1999 相似文献
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Mark R. Forbes Dean G. McCurdy Keiko Lui Selma I. Mautner J. Sherman Boates 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2006,60(1):87-95
Potential rates of reproduction (PRR) differ between the sexes of many animal species. Adult sex ratios together with PRR
are expected to determine the operational sex ratio (OSR) defined as the ratio of fertilizable females to sexually active
males at any given time. OSR is expected to determine the degree to which one sex competes for another—the limiting sex. We
explored the potential for mate limitation in an intertidal amphipod, Corophium volutator (Pallas). Males have higher PRR than females, but males may be limiting because of extreme female-biased sex ratios observed
in this species. Consistent with this idea, late season females were less likely to be ovigerous and had smaller size-specific
clutches, both of which were associated with seasonal declines in availability of males of reproductive size. Seasonal changes
in ovigery could not be explained by seasonal changes across sites in other factors (e.g., female body size or phenology of
breeding). Smaller females were less likely to become ovigerous later in the season at three of four sites. Seasonal reductions
in clutch size also occurred among small females expected to be reproducing for their first time. In complimentary laboratory
experiments, reduced likelihood of ovigery and reduced fecundity occurred when the number of receptive females was increased
relative to availability of a reproductively active male. Our results suggest male mate limitation can occur seasonally in
this species and that male limitation is regionally widespread and may affect recruitment. 相似文献
18.
Stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) models predict that males singing to attract a mate should concentrate singing in what
has been termed the dawn chorus. This is because male birds should have a variable surplus of fat in the morning that can
be used to fuel singing, with the amount of fat available dependent upon such factors as his quality, foraging success and
risk of predation. In this manner, the dawn chorus can act as an indicator of male quality in the context of female mate choice.
We test a key prediction of SDP models of singing behaviour that males with greater fat levels should sing more. We conducted
an experiment where we recorded the dawn chorus of male silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) on three consecutive days. Each male received supplementary food on the second day, which enabled us to sample his dawn
chorus before, during and after food supplementation. We also collected data on the effect of supplementary food on the body
mass of silvereyes. As predicted by SDP models, we found that silvereyes sang for a greater proportion of the time after receiving
supplementary food. Supplementary food also had a significant effect on the complexity of a male song, indicating that males
not only increased the quantity of their song but also the quality of their song when they received extra food. As the provision
of supplementary food significantly increased the mass of fed birds, our results support a causal link between male energy
reserves and his ability to perform the dawn chorus. 相似文献
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Relative importance of male and territory quality in pairing success of male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
We studied pairing success in male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in northern Alaska to learn whether males obtaining more females possessed phenotypic traits that influenced female choice
directly, whether these traits permitted males to obtain territories favored by females, or whether both processes occurred.
The number of females per male varied from zero to three. Several male and territory traits were significantly correlated
with number of females per male. We used multiple regression to obtain a single measure of male quality and a single measure
of territory quality. These measures of male and territory quality correlated with each other and with male pairing success.
We used path analysis to separate direct effects of male quality on pairing success from indirect effects due to high-quality
males obtaining high-quality territories. Both direct and indirect pathways had significant effects on pairing success, and
direct and indirect effects of male traits on pairing success were about equal. This study illustrates an analytical approach
for estimating the relative importance of direct and indirect causal relationships in natural systems.
Received: 13 January 1998 / Accepted after revision: 7 November 1998 相似文献
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Anita Aisenberg Carmen Viera Fernando G. Costa 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,62(1):29-35
Sexual selection theory predicts that a higher investment in offspring will turn females into the selective sex, while males
will compete for accessing and courting them. However, there are exceptions to the rule. When males present a high reproductive
investment, sex roles can reverse from typical patterns, turning males into the choosy sex, while females locate males and
initiate courtship. In many spiders, males are smaller than females, wandering in search of sedentary females and maximizing
the number of copulations. In the present study, we present findings on the sand-dwelling wolf spider, Allocosa brasiliensis, evidencing a reversal in typical courtship roles reported for the first time in spiders. Males were bigger than females.
Females located males and initiated courtship. Copulation always occurred in male burrows and took place mainly in long burrows.
Males donated their burrows to the females after copulation, closing the entrance before leaving with female cooperation from
inside. Males would provide females with a secure place for ovipositing, being exposed to predation and diminishing their
future mating possibilities until constructing a new burrow. The cost of vacating the burrow and losing the refuge in an unpredictable
habitat, such as sand dunes, would explain the courtship roles reversal in this spider species. Results turn A. brasiliensis as a promising model for discussing the determinants of sex roles and the pressures that drive their evolution and maintenance.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi: ) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献