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Miklós Laczi Gergely Hegyi Márton Herényi Dorottya Kiss Gábor Markó Gergely Nagy Balázs Rosivall Eszter Szöllősi János Török 《Die Naturwissenschaften》2013,100(10):983-991
The possible integration of different sexual ornaments into a composite system, and especially the information content of such ornament complexes, is poorly investigated. Many bird species display complex plumage coloration, but whether this represents one integrated or several independent sexual traits can be unclear. Collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) display melanised and depigmented plumage areas, and the spectral features (brightness and UV chroma) of these are correlated with each other across the plumage. In a 5-year dataset of male and female plumage reflectance, we examined some of the potential information content of integrated, plumage-level colour attributes by estimating their relationships to previous and current year body condition, laying date and clutch size. Females were in better condition the year before they became darker pigmented, and males in better current year condition were also darker pigmented. Female pigment-based brightness was positively, while male structurally based brightness was negatively related to current laying date. Finally, the overall UV chroma of white plumage areas in males was positively associated with current clutch size. Our results show that higher degree of pigmentation is related to better condition, while the structural colour component is associated with some aspects of reproductive investment. These results highlight the possibility that correlated aspects of a multiple plumage ornamentation system may reflect together some aspects of individual quality, thereby functioning as a composite signal. 相似文献
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Gergely Hegyi Balázs Rosivall Eszter Szöllősi Marcel Eens János Török 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(8):1647-1658
Nestling growth is known as an important determinant of fitness in altricial birds, but its evolutionary potential has been
debated, and little is known about detailed patterns of current selection on growth. Relationships are often reported between
nestling growth and attributes of nestlings and parents, but the interpretation of these depends on the advantages a given
growth difference confers to the chicks. Increased growth may have positive, negative or context-dependent effects on offspring
fitness, but these effects are largely unknown in natural populations. We measured growth trajectories of body mass in fostered
broods of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) in 3 years of contrasting food conditions. We examined the growth of young and their recruitment probability to the breeding
population in relation to year quality, hatching rank, sex, paternal age and paternal attractiveness. We also looked at the
interactive effects of growth and intrinsic offspring attributes on recruitment probability. The predictors of nestling growth
and those of recruitment did not agree. Moreover, the recruitment consequences of a given nestling growth rate were significantly
influenced by nestling rank and paternal ornamentation. Differential recruitment effects of nestling growth in relation to
parental traits and nestling attributes suggest that using growth as a generally applicable measure of nestling quality may
not be justified. These findings also have implications for morphological evolution and the indicator value of sexual signals. 相似文献
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Hegyi Gergely Jenni-Eiermann Susanne Boross Nóra Garamszegi László Zsolt Laczi Miklós Kötél Dóra Krenhardt Katalin Jablonszky Mónika Markó Gábor Nagy Gergely Rosivall Balázs Szász Eszter Török János 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2019,73(6):1-14
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Cooperation plays a crucial role in primate social life. However, the evolution of large-scale human cooperation from the cognitive fundamentals found in other... 相似文献
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Márton Herényi László Zsolt Garamszegi Rita Hargitai Gergely Hegyi Balázs Rosivall Eszter Szöllősi János Török 《Die Naturwissenschaften》2014,101(4):305-312
Annual reproductive success (ARS) is one of the main components of lifetime reproductive success, a reliable measure of individual fitness. Previous studies often dealt with ARS and variables potentially affecting it. Among them, long-term studies that consider multiple factors at the same time are particularly important in understanding the adaptive value of different phenotypes. Here, we used an 18-year dataset to quantify the ARS of male collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) on the basis of recruited offspring. We simultaneously assessed the effect of start of breeding, age, polygyny, body size and the expression of forehead patch (a sexually selected trait). The success of early breeding individuals was appreciably higher than late birds; however, breeding too early was also disadvantaged, and males that bred around the yearly median breeding date had the highest ARS. Polygynous males were more successful in years with good food supply, while in years with low food availability, they did not produce more recruits than monogamous males. The age of males, their forehead patch size and body size did not affect the number of recruits. Our findings support the importance of breeding date and suggest stabilizing selection on it in the long term. We also show that polygyny is not always advantageous for males, and its fitness pay-off may depend on environmental quality. 相似文献