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1. Alternative strategies in avian scavengers: how subordinate species foil the despotic distribution
- Author:
- Corinne J. Kendall
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 383-393
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- eagles; habitats; human settlements; social dominance; Kenya
- Abstract:
- ... Trade-offs in species’ traits can mediate competition and enable coexistence. A key challenge in ecology is understanding the role of species’ trade-offs in maintaining diversity, and evolutionary trade-offs between the abilities of competing species are best understood by considering how competitive advantages change along an environmental gradient. Previous studies of such trade-offs are general ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1458-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1458-5
- Author:
- Zachary M. Laubach; Daniel T. Blumstein; L. Michael Romero; Greg Sampson; Johannes Foufopoulos
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 481-492
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- birds; blood; body size; breeding season; corticosterone; experimental design; males; plumage
- Abstract:
- ... Status badges, such as crown plumage, mediate intraspecific interactions. The reliability of crown morphology as a status badge in male mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) is uncertain. We examined morphological and physiological correlates of the proportion of crown that was white (“crown-white”) in 178 male mountain white-crowned sparrows during the 2008–2009 breedi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1468-3
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1468-3
- Author:
- Madeleine E. Hardus; Han de Vries; David F. Dellatore; Adriano R. Lameira; Steph B. J. Menken; Serge A. Wich
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 429-437
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Pongo pygmaeus; diet; felling; females; figs; seasonal variation; trees; Indonesia
- Abstract:
- ... The diet of great apes consists of several hundred plant species. The factors determining diet differences have been examined between populations but not within a population, probably due to the confounding effect of seasonal fluctuations on fruit availability. In Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii), fruit availability appears to be sufficiently high year round to have little influence on diet comp ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1463-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1463-8
- Author:
- S. L. Vehrencamp; J. Yantachka; M. L. Hall; S. R. de Kort
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 409-419
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- aggression; breeding; breeding season; correlation; motivation; seasonal variation; sexual selection; sounds
- Abstract:
- ... Acoustic displays with difficult-to-execute sounds are often subject to strong sexual selection because performance levels are related to the sender’s condition or genetic quality. Performance may also vary with age, breeding stage, and motivation related to social context. We focused on within-male variation in four components of trill performance in banded wren (Thryophilus pleurostictus) songs: ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1461-x
- PubMed:
- 23543812
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3608479
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1461-x
- Author:
- Kate D. L. Umbers; Nikolai J. Tatarnic; Gregory I. Holwell; Marie E. Herberstein
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 439-447
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- body temperature; females; grasshoppers; males
- Abstract:
- ... Bright colours often communicate important information between conspecifics. In sexually dichromatic species where males exhibit bright colours, two hypotheses are often invoked to explain the function of the colour. First, if a male’s bright colour contains information about his quality, females may prefer brighter males. Equally, male colour may reliably provide other males with information abou ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1464-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1464-7
- Author:
- Emile van Lieshout; P. Andreas Svensson; Bob B. M. Wong
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 513-518
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Gobiidae; allometry; anaerobic conditions; body size; females; fins; fish; head; males; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection
- Abstract:
- ... Positive static allometry is a scaling relationship where the relative size of traits covaries with adult body size. Traditionally, positive allometry is thought to result from either altered physiological requirements at larger body size or from strongly condition-dependent allocation under sexual selection. Yet, there are no theoretical reasons why positive allometry cannot evolve in fitness-rel ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1470-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1470-9
- Author:
- Nicola Weber; Stuart Bearhop; Sasha R. X. Dall; Richard J. Delahay; Robbie A. McDonald; Stephen P. Carter
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 471-479
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Meles meles; badgers; bovine tuberculosis; cattle; control methods; disease transmission; ecology; models; radio telemetry; wildlife; Ireland; United Kingdom
- Abstract:
- ... Heterogeneities in behaviours of individuals may underpin important processes in evolutionary biology and ecology, including the spread of disease. Modelling approaches can sometimes fail to predict disease spread, which may partly be due to the number of unknown sources of variation in host behaviour. The European badger is a wildlife reservoir for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Britain and Ireland ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1467-4
- PubMed:
- 32214614
- PubMed Central:
- PMC7080146
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1467-4
- Author:
- Diego Llusia; Rafael Márquez; Juan Francisco Beltrán; Catarina Moreira; José Pedro do Amaral
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 493-511
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Hyla; air temperature; climatic factors; relative humidity; social facilitation
- Abstract:
- ... Environmental and social factors are critical to determine the timing and duration of lekking behavior since they provide species with signs to maximize benefits over costs in sexual displays. However, these factors have rarely been studied under different environmental conditions, and thus, it remains unclear whether exogenous factors affecting group displays show a general species-specific patte ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1469-2
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1469-2
- Author:
- Ian C. Gilby; Lauren J. N. Brent; Emily E. Wroblewski; Rebecca S. Rudicell; Beatrice H. Hahn; Jane Goodall; Anne E. Pusey
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 373-381
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Pan troglodytes; aggression; evolution; males; national parks; progeny; reproductive performance; ungulates; Tanzania
- Abstract:
- ... Coalitionary aggression occurs when at least two individuals jointly direct aggression at one or more conspecific targets. Scientists have long argued that this common form of cooperation has positive fitness consequences. Nevertheless, despite evidence that social bond strength (which is thought to promote coalition formation) is correlated with fitness in primates, cetaceans, and ungulates, few ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1457-6
- PubMed:
- 23459197
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3582680
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1457-6
- Author:
- Karen M. Cogliati; Bryan D. Neff; Sigal Balshine
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 399-408
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- body size; breeding season; courtship; energy; fish; males; mating systems; microsatellite repeats; nests; paternity; phenotype; spermatozoa
- Abstract:
- ... In many mating systems, males adopt alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) to maximize reproductive success. In fishes, guarding males often invest more energy into courtship, defense, and paternal care, whereas cuckolding males forego such costs and steal fertilizations by releasing their sperm in the nest of a guarding male. These two tactics have been documented in the plainfin midshipman fish ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1460-y
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1460-y
- Author:
- Suvi Ruuskanen; Esa Lehikoinen; Mikko Nikinmaa; Heli Siitari; Wolfgang Waser; Toni Laaksonen
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 361-372
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- adulthood; androgens; birds; captive animals; color; early development; eggs; females; humoral immunity; long term effects; males; melanin; molting; phenotype; plumage; progeny
- Abstract:
- ... The hormonal environment during early development, such as maternally derived androgens in bird eggs, shapes the development of the offspring in ways that may have important long-term consequences for phenotype and behavior and, ultimately, fitness. We studied the long-term effects of yolk androgens on several phenotypic and physiological traits in male and female pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypole ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1456-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1456-7
- Author:
- Klaus Reinhold; Steven A. Ramm
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 395-398
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Poecilimon; experimental design; females; insemination; males; reciprocal crosses; spermatophores; spermatozoa
- Abstract:
- ... In many animal species, male and female interests often differ when it comes to decisions over mating and fertilization. However, it is intrinsically difficult to determine the degree to which males and females exert control over the various processes that determine the outcome of reproductive interactions, and thus to predict how such conflicts will be resolved. For example, in species where sper ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1459-4
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1459-4
- Author:
- Tomohiro Takeyama; Naoko Namizaki; Masanori Kohda
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 421-428
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Gobiidae; cages; cannibalism; fecundity; fish; gravid females; males; nests; sex ratio; spawning
- Abstract:
- ... Theoretical models predict that increased mate availability accelerates filial cannibalism by the parental male, but we do not yet fully understand how the various aspects of mate availability contribute to this effect. We examined the effects of two elements of mate availability—female fecundity and sex ratio—on filial cannibalism by the lizard goby, Rhinogobius flumineus, which is a paternal nes ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1462-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1462-9
- Author:
- Adriano R. Lameira; Han de Vries; Madeleine E. Hardus; Cedric P. A. Hall; Tatang Mitra-Setia; Berry M. Spruijt; Arik Kershenbaum; Elisabeth H. M. Sterck; Maria van Noordwijk; Carel van Schaik; Serge A. Wich
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 519-528
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Panthera tigris; Pongo pygmaeus; algorithms; evolution; humans; islands; models; monkeys; predation; predators; Borneo
- Abstract:
- ... Monkey alarm calls have shown that in the primate clade, combinatorial rules in acoustic communication are not exclusive to humans. A recent hypothesis suggests that the number of different call combinations in monkeys increases with increased number of predator species. However, the existence of combinatorial rules in great ape alarm calls remains largely unstudied, despite its obvious relevance ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1471-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1471-8
- Author:
- Cédric Sueur; Andrew J. J. MacIntosh; Armand T. Jacobs; Kunio Watanabe; Odile Petit
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 457-470
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- animal husbandry; animals; models; nutrient requirements; prediction
- Abstract:
- ... Group members must decide collectively when and where to go despite their different nutrient requirements. One mechanism underlying consensus decisions is the proposition by one individual to move. The individual frequently initiating movements is often named a “leader”, and this individual may be the most dominant, the oldest or may have the greatest physiological needs. However, high-ranking ind ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1466-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1466-5
- Author:
- Lyndon Alexander Jordan; James Edward Herbert-Read; Ashley J. W. Ward
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 449-455
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- marine fish; parents; progeny
- Abstract:
- ... When the costs of parental care do not scale with the number of offspring being cared for, inclusion of non-descendant young into broods can be advantageous, leading to systems of alloparental care. However, if the cost of care scales with the number of offspring, selection may act against misdirected parental care. The spiny chromis, Acanthochromis polyacanthus, is a marine fish with extended bip ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1465-6
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1465-6
- Author:
- Lauren J. N. Brent; Ann MacLarnon; Michael L. Platt; Stuart Semple
- Source:
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 349-359
- ISSN:
- 0340-5443
- Subject:
- Macaca mulatta; animal behavior; animal characteristics; females; parturition; population structure; seasonal variation
- Abstract:
- ... Social structure emerges from the patterning of interactions between individuals and plays a critical role in shaping some of the main characteristics of animal populations. The topological features of social structure, such as the extent to which individuals interact in clusters, can influence many biologically important factors, including the persistence of cooperation, and the rate of spread of ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00265-012-1455-8
- PubMed:
- 23565026
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3613995
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1455-8