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The capture of genetic variation by sexual traits due to their condition dependence is hypothesized to underlie the genetic
benefits of mate choice. Here, we investigate condition dependence of sexual attractiveness of bank vole Myodes glareolus males by manipulating their diet during the period of maturation. We find that reducing diet quality negatively affected
both male mating success and development of preputial glands used in sexual signaling. Preputial glands showed stronger condition
dependence than other organs measured (testes, heart, intestines). In contrast to mating success, male dominance was not significantly
affected by diet manipulation and was not correlated with male mating success. Thus, our results support condition dependence
of sexual attractiveness but not of intrasexual competitiveness. 相似文献
162.
Recent theoretical and empirical studies have shown that male dominance is often at odds with female mate preference and that
indirect (genetic) benefits of mate choice may not be related to male dominance. We tested whether female preference corresponded
to male dominance and whether mating with dominant males conveyed benefits to offspring fitness in a small freshwater fish,
the African annual killifish Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes), a species without parental care. The experimental design used controlled for the effect of male age,
possibility of sperm and egg depletion, and accounted for a potential that females express their preference through maternal
effects by manipulation of egg mass during ovulation. By sequentially mating females with males of known dominance, we found
that female N. korthausae showed no mate preference in terms of egg numbers deposited with respect to male dominance or body size and no congruent
mate preference to specific males was detected. However, males sired offspring with consistently higher hatching success and
the effect was repeatable across individual females. Thus, some males provided females with indirect benefits related to additive
genetic quality (“good genes”) and expressed via increased hatching rate, but this benefit was not related to male dominance
status or body size. 相似文献
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Stefan H. Nessler Gabriele Uhl Jutta M. Schneider 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(3):355-362
Sperm competition is a potent driving force in evolution leading to a remarkable variety of male adaptations that prevent
or reduce fertilization by rivals. An extraordinary defensive strategy against sperm competition has evolved in a number of
web spiders where males break off parts of their paired genitalia in order to obstruct the copulatory openings of females
(mating plug). A recent comparative analysis on the family level reports that genital damage is most frequent in species with
sexual cannibalism although, as yet, a functional association between sexual cannibalism and genital damage has not been found.
Using the moderately sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider Argiope lobata, we show for the first time that males cannibalized during their first copulation damaged their pedipalps with significantly
higher probability (74%) than males that escaped (15%). Of all males that damaged their genitalia, 44% were able to place
a genital fragment inside the copulatory opening of the female, resulting in a relatively low total plugging rate of 14%.
Successful obstruction of the female copulatory opening reduced the share of paternity of subsequent males (P
2 = 0.06%), thus, indicating that genital damage may have evolved as a response to sperm competition in this species as well.
However, the low incidence of successful plugging and the strong relationship between sexual cannibalism and genital damage
suggest that apart from paternity protection, the nature of genital damage in A. lobata is further shaped by sexual conflict or cryptic female choice. 相似文献
164.
Tolerated transfer of food among adults is rare among primates, except in humans. Here, we present data on a consistent pattern
of tolerated intersexual transfer of food (held in hand, foot, or mouth by the owner) among adult orangutans, in two different
natural populations (Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii), based on ca. 9,000 h of focal observation per site. Although rare, intersexual food transfers were disproportionately from
males to sexually active females and involved food that was equally available to both sexes. There was no evidence for direct
trading of food for social favors (mating, grooming, or agonistic support) or for sharing under pressure of harassment. However,
females frequently protested with loud screams when males, especially unflanged ones, attempted to take food they possessed,
and also when males responded aggressively to their taking attempt. Since associations ended sooner when the female emitted
noisy calls, a male who did not allow a female to take food from him risked losing the association. These findings support
the hypothesis that by taking food, a sexually active female may test the male's tendency toward violence. Thus, intersexual
food taking in orangutans is based on female leverage, resulting in a species-wide female entitlement to male “generosity”.
The inhibition of food defense required for this kind of transaction may also form the basis for sharing patterns among species
in which nutritional benefits have become important, such as chimpanzees and perhaps human foragers. 相似文献
165.
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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Carola Borries Kristin Launhardt Cornelia Epplen Jörg T. Epplen Paul Winkler 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,46(5):350-356
Hypotheses about the evolution of gregariousness and social organisation in primates are based on ecological explanations
as well as on social factors such as conspecific threat (especially infanticide by males). The social explanation fits well
with the conditions found in strepsirrhine primates and furthermore explains why infanticide in anthropoid primates living
in one-male groups mainly occurs when the resident male (protector) is replaced. However, whether it likewise fits to the
conditions in multimale groups will depend on the role of resident males as infant protectors, which has rarely been examined.
We investigated long-term data of wild Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) inhabiting a forest near the village of Ramnagar (southern Nepal). Twenty-two eye-witnessed attacks on infants by males
were analysed in connection with male residency, paternity (DNA analyses) and sexual behaviour. Adult males played a major
role in infant defence (65%). Only the genetic father or males who had been residents when the infant was conceived were observed
to protect infants. Males who immigrated after a female had conceived may later attack her infant and were never observed
to defend it. lt seems that the males took only copulations with potentially fertile females but not with pregnant females
as clues for paternity. In the light of these results it seems likely that the risk of infanticide is an important determinant
in female-male associations even in anthropoid primate multimale groups.
Received: 22 December 1998 / Received in revised form: 30 April 1999 / Accepted: 1 May 1999 相似文献
167.
Patterns of courtship behavior and ejaculate characteristics in male red-winged blackbirds 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
David F. Westneat Lisa A. McGraw Jennifer M. Fraterrigo Tim R. Birkhead F. Fletcher 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(3):161-171
Sperm competition in birds is likely to have important effects on the behavior and physiology of reproduction in both sexes.
For males, such competition should select for large sperm reserves and behavioral adjustment of copulation when reserves are
low. We investigated both these possibilities in free-living red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), a highly polygynous species with apparently strong sperm competition. We found that the recent copulatory behavior of males
did not affect the propensity to copulate with a model female. Ejaculates collected from individual males at 1-h intervals
showed no evidence of sperm depletion, yet repeated ejaculates collected less than 10 min apart did. Male ejaculate size was
significantly larger if it was the first one of the day (i.e., after an overnight rest). The average ejaculate size was 12.5
(±12.5 SD) million sperm. Males captured during the breeding season had an average of 111.7 (±52.8) million sperm stored in
their seminal glomera. Because males average a peak copulation rate of six per female per day, in one day a male might utilize
all the sperm in his seminal glomera if more than two females on his territory are fertilizable. We hypothesize that polygyny
and sperm competition in this species have combined to select for rapid replenishment of the seminal glomera throughout the
day, in contrast to other species that have been studied. Testis size and sperm reserves of male red-winged blackbirds are
intermediate between monogamous species and species with intense sperm competition. Several possible explanations for this
are discussed.
Received: 21 October 1997 / Accepted after revision: 15 February 1998 相似文献
168.
In insects, the last male to mate with a female often gains access to a disproportionate number of subsequent fertilizations.
This study examined last-male sperm precedence patterns in doubly and triply mated Tribolium castaneum females. Sperm storage processes were investigated by measuring the quantity of sperm stored within the female spermatheca
following single, double, and triple matings. Both doubly mated and triply mated females exhibited high last-male sperm precedence
for progeny produced during the first 48 h following the last mating, with females in both groups exhibiting parallel declines
in sperm precedence 1 and 2 weeks later. The number of sperm stored by females increased by 33% between singly mated and doubly
mated females, indicating that the spermatheca is filled to only two-thirds capacity following insemination by the first male.
Based on the proportion of stored sperm from first and second matings, we tested predictions about sperm precedence values
based on models of random sperm mixing. High initial last-male sperm precedence strongly supports stratification of last-male
sperm. By 1–2 weeks after double matings, sperm precedence declined to levels indistinguishable from values expected under
random mixing. These results provide insight into mechanisms of sperm storage and utilization in this species.
Received: 20 August 1997 / Accepted after revision: 24 May 1998 相似文献
169.
Male-male competition ensures honest signaling of male parental ability in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
U. Candolin 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2000,49(1):57-61
The importance of socially imposed costs for the evolution and maintenance of honest sexual signals has received less attention
than other costs. Here I show that male-male competition can increase the honesty of sexual signaling in relation to male
parental ability in a species with flexible signaling. When four three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) males were allowed to court a female first separately and then in competition, red nuptial coloration under competition
reflected male parental ability more accurately than red coloration when separated. Parental ability was determined as the
ability of the male to raise a clutch of eggs to the hatching stage under interaction with other breeding and non-breeding
males. The increased honesty under competition was probably due to subordinate males of poor parental ability decreasing their
color expression under interaction to reduce the risk of fights with superior males. However, socially imposed costs of signaling
were probably not the main factors maintaining honest signaling, as red coloration reflected male parental ability also in
the absence of competition, although less accurately. Nevertheless, the small-scale differences that male-male competition
induced can significantly facilitate adaptive female choice and have large impacts on sexual selection.
Received: 7 July 2000 / Revised: 31 August 2000 / Accepted: 4 September 2000 相似文献
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Post-mating odor in females of the solitary bee, Andrena nigroaenea (Apoidea, Andrenidae), inhibits male mating behavior 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
We investigated odor changes and their behavioral significance in the solitary, ground-nesting bee Andrena nigroaenea. We used gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection and performed behavioral tests with males in the field using
natural odor samples and synthetic compounds. We found that only cuticle extracts of young females elicited copulation attempts
in the males. We demonstrated that among the 17 compounds which triggered electroantennographic responses, all-trans-farnesyl hexanoate and all-trans-farnesol were significantly more abundant in unattractive cuticle extracts of A. nigroaenea females. Dufour’s gland extracts of these females also contained greater amounts of both compounds. In bioassays using synthetic
farnesyl hexanoate and farnesol we found that these compounds inhibit copulation behavior in the males. Farnesyl hexanoate
is probably synthesized in Dufour’s gland and used by females for lining brood cells. We interpret the semiochemical function
of farnesyl hexanoate and its precursor farnesol to have evolved secondarily. As an outcome of sexual selection, it facilitates
the discrimination by males of receptive females from nesting and thus already mated individuals. The dual function of these
compounds represents an elegant parsimony in the chemical communication system of this insect.
Received: 19 January 2000 / Revised: 29 May 2000 / Accepted: 24 June 2000 相似文献