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Nest-building by crested tit Parus cristatus males: an analysis of costs and benefits 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In a population of crested tits in Belgium, one out of three breeding males participated in nest-building. Since variation in the amount of nest-building among 11 building males was low, analysis of male nest-building allowed a logistic regression design. The probability of building increased with male condition and for late nests. The effect of male condition decreased with date, and date was the only factor predicting nest-building for repeat broods. The effect of male condition on nest-building suggests that building entails important costs for males. Based on correlative data, we argue that building by males shortens the interval between the start of nest-building and the onset of egg-laying by about 5 days. Since clutch size, incubation and nestling time did not differ between early and late broods, male nest-building apparently affects fledging date. Since early fledgers (early dispersers) are more likely to settle in future winter flocks, building behaviour by crested tit males should be favoured by natural selection. So far, male nest-building in hole-breeding birds might have been overlooked due to the widespread use of artificial nest-boxes in behavioural studies. 相似文献
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Markus Metz Georg M. Klump Thomas W. P. Friedl 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(9):1369-1381
The red bishop (Euplectes orix) is a highly polygynous and colonial weaverbird. Males construct several nests within their territories to which they try
to attract females, and females are solely responsible for incubation and raising offspring. In this paper, we describe the
characteristics of the red bishop’s mating system as a biological market and investigate the role of nests built by males
as a traded commodity in a mating market. As timing of breeding in red bishops in arid and semi-arid zones depends on rainfall
patterns which are often unpredictable, there are temporal changes in demand for and supply of nests within a breeding season,
with breeding activities of males and females being highly synchronised. We found that males increased their nest-building
speed with increased female breeding activity independently of rainfall, indicating that supply follows demand in this mating
market. The supply of nests was always larger than the demand for nests. Construction costs for nests increased with demand
for nests as indicated by shorter nest-building duration and shorter building delays between two consecutively built nests
at times of high breeding activity. Males as a trading class are chosen according to the age of their nests offered, with
young nests having a higher probability of being accepted by females. Furthermore, female choosiness with regard to nest age
decreased when their own market value decreased, as predicted by biological market theory. The temporal changes of breeding
activity together with the female preference for young and fresh nests require that males quickly adjust nest-building activity
to varying female demand for new nests. However, males with a better adjustment of building speed to female breeding activity
did not gain higher mating success. 相似文献
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