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You searched for: Journal name Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Remove constraint Journal name: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Publication year rev 7985-2015 Remove constraint Publication year rev: 7985-2015 Source 2015 v.69 no.12 Remove constraint Source: 2015 v.69 no.12
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1. Female pipefish can detect the immune status of their mates

Author:
Susanne H. Landis; Josefin Sundin; Gunilla Rosenqvist; Maude Poirier; Guro Øistensen Jørgensen; Olivia Roth
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1917-1923
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Syngnathus typhle; Vibrio; bacteria; females; immune system; males; mating behavior; parasites; parasitism; progeny
Abstract:
... Given the ubiquity of the parasites and their important fitness consequences on mate and offspring condition, selection for the ability to distinguish healthy from parasitized potential mates is a key process to enhance Darwinian fitness. In this study, we experimentally evaluated how the immunological experience of two potential partners influences mate choice, using the sex-role-reversed pipefis ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2004-z

2. Genetic sources of individual variation in parental care behavior

Author:
Daniel P. Wetzel; Margret I. Hatch; David F. Westneat
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1933-1943
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Passer domesticus; correlation; females; genetic markers; genetic variation; heritability; heterozygosity; nests; phenotypic variation
Abstract:
... Consistent individual differences in behavior exist for many behavioral traits. Several evolutionary hypotheses regarding the maintenance of this variation have been proposed, but they all rest on the relatively untested question of whether this variation has a genetic basis and if so, exactly what genetic mechanisms may be involved. We tested for heritability and the effects of heterozygosity on ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2006-x

3. Group synchrony and alternation as an emergent property: elaborate chorus structure in a bushcricket is an incidental by-product of female preference for leading calls

Author:
Virginie Party; Réjane Streiff; Thibaut Marin-Cudraz; Michael D. Greenfield
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1957-1973
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
acoustics; animals; byproducts; females; males; population; predators; testing
Abstract:
... Many acoustic animals exhibit temporally structured chorusing, and in some cases, groups of calling males display elaborate forms of synchrony and/or alternation. Such temporal structure has traditionally been explained as an adaptation by which chorusing males preserve critical call features, maximize the attractiveness of their local group to females, or improve their ability to detect, evaluate ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2008-8

4. Male-male competition is not costly to dominant males in a cooperatively breeding bird

Author:
Martha J. Nelson-Flower; Amanda R. Ridley
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1997-2004
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
adults; aggression; birds; breeding; breeding season; energy expenditure; females; fledglings; food availability; group size; males; nests; paternity; risk
Abstract:
... Male-male reproductive competition occurs in many animal societies and can be costly, both through aggression or energy expenditure prior to mating and lost paternity. In most cooperative breeders, socially dominant males breed more often than do subordinates, but the costs of pre-copulatory subordinate male reproductive competition (including unsuccessful competition) have rarely been investigate ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2011-0

5. Mate choice and male–male competition among morphologically cryptic but genetically divergent amphipod lineages

Author:
Matthias Galipaud; Zoé Gauthey; Jérémie Turlin; Loïc Bollache; Clément Lagrue
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1907-1916
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Gammarus fossarum; assortative mating; body size; fecundity; females; genetic variation; hybridization; males; mating behavior; reproductive isolation; secondary contact
Abstract:
... Mate preference for conspecifics does not necessarily lead to assortative mating in cases where mating outcomes also depend on preferences based on mate quality and on individual competitiveness. We tested how such traits affected mate choice among genetically divergent lineages (called molecular operational taxonomic units; MOTU) of the amphipod Gammarus fossarum. We presented males with two fema ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2003-0

6. Mating rock shrimp hedge their bets: old males take greater risk, but only after careful assessment of the investment scenario

Author:
Nicolas Christian Ory; Thijs Christiaan van Son; Martin Thiel
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1975-1984
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
females; life history; males; predation; predators; prediction; reproduction; risk; risk behavior; shrimp; spawning
Abstract:
... Mature organisms often have to trade reproductive opportunities against the need to survive, especially in species with exaggerated, sexually selected traits. Life history theory predicts that old males with low residual reproductive value (RRV) would accept greater risk for current reproduction than their younger counterparts. Accordingly, we tested the prediction that, under predation risk, old ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2009-7

7. Social network dynamics: the importance of distinguishing between heterogeneous and homogeneous changes

Author:
Mathias Franz; Susan C. Alberts
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 2059-2069
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Papio; animals; data collection; evolution; observational studies; probability; social behavior; social networks; testing
Abstract:
... Social network analysis is increasingly applied to understand the evolution of animal sociality. Identifying ecological and evolutionary drivers of complex social structures requires inferring how social networks change over time. In most observational studies, sampling errors may affect the apparent network structures. Here, we argue that existing approaches tend not to control sufficiently for s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2030-x
PubMed:
30166773
PubMed Central:
PMC6112818

8. Among-year variation in the repeatability, within- and between-individual, and phenotypic correlations of behaviors in a natural population

Author:
László Zsolt Garamszegi; Gábor Markó; Eszter Szász; Sándor Zsebők; Manuel Azcárate; Gábor Herczeg; János Török
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 2005-2017
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Ficedula; aggression; correlation; evolution; males; phenotypic correlation; population; population structure
Abstract:
... When mean behaviors correlate among individuals, they form behavioral syndromes. One way to understand the evolution of such a group-level phenomenon is to compare horizontally patterns of correlations among populations (or species) or follow longitudinally the same population over years in the light of parallel differences in the environment. We applied the longitudinal approach to 8-year field d ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2012-z
PubMed:
26586925
PubMed Central:
PMC4642588

9. Complex alarm strategy in the most basal termite species

Author:
Olivier Delattre; David Sillam-Dussès; Vojtěch Jandák; Marek Brothánek; Karel Rücker; Thomas Bourguignon; Blahoslava Vytisková; Josef Cvačka; Ondřej Jiříček; Jan Šobotník
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1945-1955
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Mastotermes darwiniensis; Termitidae; alarm pheromones; evolution; secretion
Abstract:
... Studying basal taxa often allows shedding a light on the evolution of advanced representatives. The most basal termite species, Mastotermes darwiniensis, possesses unique morphological and behavioural traits, of which many remain scarcely studied. For these reasons, we conducted a comprehensive study of the alarm communication in this species and compared its components to behavioural modes descri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2007-9

10. Courtship behavior differs between monogamous and polygamous plovers

Author:
María Cristina Carmona-Isunza; Clemens Küpper; M. Alejandro Serrano-Meneses; Tamás Székely
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 2035-2042
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Charadrius; breeding season; courtship; females; males; mating competitiveness; mating systems; monogamy; polygamy; population; sexual selection
Abstract:
... Courting, accessing, and/or competing for mates are involved in sexual selection by generating differences in mating success. Although courtship behavior should reflect intensity of mating competition and sexual selection, studies that compare courtship behavior across populations/species with different mating systems subject to differing degrees of mating competition are scanty. Here, we compare ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2014-x

11. Polistes smithii vs. Polistes dominula: the contrasting endocrinology and epicuticular signaling of sympatric paper wasps in the field

Author:
Hans C. Kelstrup; Klaus Hartfelder; Theresa C. Wossler
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 2043-2058
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Polistes dominula; adults; caste determination; ecdysteroids; evolution; hemolymph; juvenile hormones; lifestyle; models; phenotypic plasticity; population; reproduction; South Africa
Abstract:
... Paper wasps of the family Vespidae exhibit a wide range of social lifestyles, from facultative eusocial groups to highly ritualistic swarm-founding societies. Even so, adult caste flexibility is widespread throughout the eusocial tribes. Thus, a common endocrine mechanism for caste determination and maintenance in paper wasps is expected, with Polistes dominula serving as a model for the study of ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2015-9

12. Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) recognize group membership via olfactory cues alone

Author:
Stefanie Henkel; Angelina Ruiz Lambides; Anne Berger; Ruth Thomsen; Anja Widdig
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 2019-2034
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Macaca mulatta; air; animal communication; bioassays; evolution; females; humans; kin recognition; kinship; males; nose; odors; pedigree; sampling; scent glands; smell; territoriality; Puerto Rico
Abstract:
... The ability to distinguish group members from conspecifics living in other groups is crucial for gregarious species. Olfaction is known to play a major role in group recognition and territorial defense in a wide range of mammalian taxa. Although primates have been typically regarded as microsmatic (having a poor sense of smell), increasing evidence suggests that olfaction may play a greater role i ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2013-y

13. Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod

Author:
Jeremy Field; Gavin Shreeves; Martyn Kennedy; Selina Brace; James D. J. Gilbert
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1897-1906
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Hymenoptera; arthropods; burrows; correlation; dimorphism; fecundity; females; flight; males; mothers; nests; progeny; sexual selection; wings
Abstract:
... The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. Whilst the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have proven harder to test. In ectotherms, females are typically larger than males, and this is frequently thought to be because size constrains femal ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2002-1

14. Signaling on Prozac: altered audience effects on male-male interactions after fluoxetine exposure in Siamese fighting fish

Author:
Nicole E. Greaney; Krystal L. Mannion; Teresa L. Dzieweczynski
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1925-1932
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
aggression; aquatic environment; behavior change; communications technology; females; fish; males; serotonin; tail
Abstract:
... Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as fluoxetine, within the aquatic environment may adversely affect the health and behavior of exposed organisms. Most studies on the effects of inadvertent pharmaceutical exposure focus on the individual level rather than examining behavior within a network of individuals. Within communication networks, interactants send signals to multiple individuals ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2005-y

15. Tide line versus internal pools: mating system and breeding success of South American sea lion males

Author:
Valentina Franco-Trecu; Paula Costa-Urrutia; Yolanda Schramm; Bettina Tassino; Pablo Inchausti
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.12 pp. 1985-1996
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Otaria bryonia; breeding; breeding season; kinship; males; mating systems; paternity; polygyny; pups; spatial distribution; territoriality; Uruguay
Abstract:
... The spatio-temporal distribution of breeding males can help understand the existence of alternative reproductive tactics and their breeding success in colonially breeding species. We quantified the breeding success of South American sea lion (SASL) males in Uruguay according to their breeding location (tide line vs. internal pool) in a rookery and assessed the dynamics of territory use and the fin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-015-2010-1