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1. Adolescent social environment shapes sexual and aggressive behaviour of adult male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Author:
Ruploh, Tim; Bischof, Hans-Joachim; von Engelhardt, Nikolaus
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.2 pp. 175-184
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Fringillidae; Taeniopygia guttata; adolescence; adolescents; adults; aggression; birds; courtship; females; guinea pigs; males; social environment
Abstract:
... Adolescence is the pivotal transitional phase during which animals become sexually and socially mature and acquire the skills to cope with a variety of environmental challenges on their own. We investigated in a bird species, the zebra finch, how the social environment experienced during this period influences their behaviour in a sexual context. Zebra finches were kept in pairs (male–female or ma ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-012-1436-y

2. Aggregation and dispersal based on social cues as a nest-site selection strategy in a resource-defence polygynandry mating system

Author:
Heap, Stephen; Byrne, Phillip G.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.4 pp. 685-697
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
animals; eggs; females; males; mating systems; mortality; nesting sites; nests; polyandry; polygyny; risk
Abstract:
... Many animals must choose a nest site in order to reproduce. However, it is unclear how nest-site selection strategies vary across different mating systems. We must therefore explore nest-site selection strategies in a range of mating systems, including the interaction between resource-defence polygyny and polyandry (i.e. polygynandry). In this study, we imposed a re-settlement event in the terrest ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1488-7

3. Bright turquoise as an intraspecific signal in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

Author:
Umbers, Kate D. L.; Tatarnic, Nikolai J.; Holwell, Gregory I.; Herberstein, Marie E.
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

4. Causes and consequences of contest outcome: aggressiveness, dominance and growth in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni

Author:
Wilson, Alastair J; Grimmer, Andrew; Rosenthal, Gil G.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.7 pp. 1151-1161
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Xiphophorus birchmanni; aggression; animals; females; foods; life history; males; phenotype; variance; weight gain
Abstract:
... Although our understanding of how animal personality affects fitness is incomplete, one general hypothesis is that personality traits (e.g. boldness and aggressiveness) contribute to competitive ability. If so, then under resource limitation, personality differences will generate variation in life history traits crucial to fitness, like growth. Here, we test this idea using data from same-sex dyad ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1540-7

5. Collective group movement and leadership in wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra)

Author:
Van Belle, Sarie; Estrada, Alejandro; Garber, Paul A.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.1 pp. 31-41
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Alouatta; adults; females; juveniles; lactation; males; mammals; national parks; social cohesion; Mexico
Abstract:
... Maintaining social cohesion through coordinating traveling time and direction is a primary benefit of group living in mammals. During a 15-month study, we investigated socioecological factors underlying leadership of collective group movements in three multimale–multifemale groups of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) at Palenque National Park (PNP), Mexico. A total of 691 independent group mov ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-012-1421-5

6. Communal nesting in an ‘asocial’ mammal: social thermoregulation among spatially dispersed kin

Author:
Williams, Cory T.; Gorrell, Jamieson C.; Lane, Jeffrey E.; McAdam, Andrew G.; Humphries, Murray M.; Boutin, Stan
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.5 pp. 757-763
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; females; heat production; kin selection; lactation; nesting; nests; population structure; social behavior; spring; squirrels; thermoregulation; winter
Abstract:
... Communal nesting can help defray the high cost of endothermic heat production in cold environments, but such social behavior is generally thought to be incompatible with the persistent defense of exclusive territories in typically ‘asocial’ animals. We examined the propensity for communal nesting in female red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), which maintain individual year-round territories, t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1499-4

7. Communal nesting, kinship, and maternal success in a social primate

Author:
Baden, Andrea L.; Wright, Patricia C.; Louis, Edward E., Jr.; Bradley, Brenda J.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.12 pp. 1939-1950
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Lemuridae; child care; females; humans; kin selection; kinship; mothers; mutualism; nesting; progeny; rearing; survival rate
Abstract:
... Communal nesting, where several mothers regularly pool and cooperatively rear offspring, is unusual in mammals. This type of crèching behavior is especially rare among primates, with the notable exceptions of humans, some nocturnal strepsirrhines, and-as we show in this study-black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata). Here, we combine data on nesting behavior, genetic relatedness, and infa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1601-y

8. Complete reproductive skew within white-browed sparrow weaver groups despite outbreeding opportunities for subordinates of both sexes

Author:
Harrison, Xavier A.; York, Jennifer E.; Cram, Dominic L.; Hares, Michelle C.; Young, Andrew J.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.12 pp. 1915-1929
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
outbreeding; females; life history; sires; evolution; males; progeny; body condition; immigration
Abstract:
... The distribution of reproductive success within societies is a key determinant of the outcomes of social evolution. Attempts to explain social diversity, therefore, require that we quantify reproductive skews and identify the mechanisms that generate them. Here, we address this priority using life history and genotypic data from >600 individuals in 40 wild groups of the cooperatively breeding whit ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1599-1

9. Consequences of paternal care on pectoral fin allometry in a desert-dwelling fish

Author:
van Lieshout, Emile; Svensson, P. Andreas; Wong, Bob B. M.
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

10. Dominance, not kinship, determines individual position within the communal roosts of a cooperatively breeding bird

Author:
Napper, Clare J.; Sharp, Stuart P.; McGowan, Andrew; Simeoni, Michelle; Hatchwell, Ben J.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.12 pp. 2029-2039
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
birds; body size; evolution; females; flocks; heat; kin selection; kinship; males; sex ratio
Abstract:
... Kin selection has played an important role in the evolution and maintenance of cooperative breeding behaviour in many bird species. However, although relatedness has been shown to affect the investment decisions of helpers in such systems, less is known about the role that kin discrimination plays in other contexts, such as communal roosting. Individuals that roost communally benefit from reduced ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1613-7

11. Elucidating the function of ejaculate expulsion and consumption after copulation by female Euxesta bilimeki

Author:
Rodriguez-Enriquez, Christian Luis; Tadeo, Eduardo; Rull, Juan
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.6 pp. 937-946
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Euxesta; copulation; courtship; diet; fecundity; females; foods; longevity; males; nutritive value; paternity; probability; spermatozoa; storage organs; sugars
Abstract:
... Postcopulatory processes can influence male reproductive success in several animal species. Females can use different mechanisms to bias male paternity after copulation. One of such mechanisms consists in expelling all or part of the ejaculate after copulation. Euxesta bilimeki is an Ulidiid fly whose females not only frequently expel ejaculates after mating but also consume the ejaculate after ex ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1518-5

12. Evolution of mating systems and sexual size dimorphism in North American cyprinids

Author:
Pyron, M.; Pitcher, T. E.; Jacquemin, S. J.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.5 pp. 747-756
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Cyprinidae; body size; dimorphism; females; fish; males; mating systems; models; phylogeny; spawning; sperm competition; testes
Abstract:
... Mating systems evolve with sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in many animals. Mating systems with males larger than females occur when males compete for female access or guard territories, while mating systems with group mating tend to occur in species where females are the same size or larger than males. In addition to variation in SSD with mating system, sperm competition varies among mating systems ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1498-5

13. Experience affects mating behavior, but does not impact parental reproductive allocation in a lizard

Author:
Warner, Daniel A.; Kelly, Clint D.; Lovern, Matthew B.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.6 pp. 973-983
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Anolis; body size; eggs; females; lizards; males; mating behavior; paternal effect; spermatozoa; steroids
Abstract:
... Investment into reproduction is influenced by multiple factors and varies substantially between males and females. Theory predicts that males should adjust their ejaculate size or quality in response to variation in female experience or phenotypic quality. In addition, sperm investment by males may also be influenced by their own status and experience. Although such adjustments of male ejaculate s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1523-8

14. Fallow deer polyandry is related to fertilization insurance

Author:
Briefer, Elodie F.; Farrell, Mary E.; Hayden, Thomas J.; McElligott, Alan G.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.4 pp. 657-665
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Cervus dama; females; males; mammals; polyandry; progeny; spermatozoa
Abstract:
... Polyandry is widespread, but its adaptive significance is not fully understood. The hypotheses used to explain its persistence have rarely been tested in the wild and particularly for large, long-lived mammals. We investigated polyandry in fallow deer, using female mating and reproduction data gathered over 10 years. Females of this species produce a single offspring (monotocous) and can live to 2 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1485-x

15. Female gregariousness in Western Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) is influenced by resource aggregation and the number of females in estrus

Author:
Wittiger, Livia; Boesch, Christophe
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.7 pp. 1097-1111
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Pan troglodytes; animals; estrus; females; foods; forests; group size; males; models; mothers; national parks; sons
Abstract:
... Among social animals, group size is constrained by competition over resources. Because female reproductive success is limited by access to food resources, and that of males by access to fertile females, chimpanzee females are proposed to be less social than males and to maintain weak intrasexual relations. Findings from Ta[left broken bracket] National Park, Cte d'Ivoire, challenged this view, as ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1534-5

16. Females prefer males with superior fighting abilities but avoid sexually harassing winners when eavesdropping on male fights

Author:
Bierbach, David; Sassmannshausen, Vanessa; Streit, Bruno; Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; Plath, Martin
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.4 pp. 675-683
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Poecilia; body size; females; fish; males; sexual behavior
Abstract:
... Selection imposed by male competition (intrasexual selection) and female choice (intersexual selection) can be con- or discordant. Specifically, females may or may not prefer mating with dominant males, and direct costs of interacting with dominant (and possibly more harassing) males have been suggested to explain avoidance of dominant males. Here, we exemplify that inter- and intrasexual selectio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1487-8

17. Food abundance affects energy intake and reproduction in frugivorous female Assamese macaques

Author:
Heesen, Marlies; Rogahn, Sebastian; Ostner, Julia; Schülke, Oliver
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.7 pp. 1053-1066
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Macaca; conception; energy intake; female fertility; females; food availability; foods; foraging; frugivores; lactation; mammals; nutritional status; parturition; Thailand
Abstract:
... In most mammals, female fertility and reproduction are strongly influenced by nutritional status and, therefore, by foraging conditions. Here, we investigate the relationship between food resources, feeding competition, energy intake and reproduction in a group of wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in northeastern Thailand. Over 2,100 h of data on feeding behaviour, energy intake an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1530-9

18. Foundress polyphenism and the origins of eusociality in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae)

Author:
Kapheim, Karen M.; Smith, Adam R.; Nonacs, Peter; Wcislo, William T.; Wayne, Robert K.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.2 pp. 331-340
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Megalopta genalis; adulthood; body size; evolution; experimental design; females; insect colonies; insects; life history; nests; phenotype; progeny
Abstract:
... The reproductive (queen) and nonreproductive (worker) castes of eusocial insect colonies are a classic example of insect polyphenism. A complementary polyphenism may also exist entirely among females in the reproductive caste. Although less studied, reproductive females may vary in behavior based on size-associated attributes leading to the production of daughter workers. We studied a bee with fle ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-012-1453-x

19. Gray tree frogs, Hyla versicolor, give lower-frequency aggressive calls in more escalated contests

Author:
Reichert, Michael S.; Gerhardt, H. Carl
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.5 pp. 795-804
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Hyla versicolor; amphibians; animal communication; females; males; motivation
Abstract:
... As animal contests escalate, variation in the performance of aggressive signaling behaviors can give important insights into contest dynamics. In anuran amphibians, males of numerous species utilize distinctive aggressive vocalizations during disputes over calling spaces. Little is known, however, about the causes and consequences of variation in aggressive-call characteristics. We analyzed record ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1503-z

20. Group size but not dominance rank predicts the probability of conception in a frugivorous primate

Author:
Roberts, Su-Jen; Cords, Marina
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2013 v.67 no.12 pp. 1995-2009
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
conception; environmental factors; females; foods; foraging; frugivores; fruits; group effect; group size; models; monkeys; nutritional adequacy; pouches; probability; progeny
Abstract:
... In social mammals, within-group competition for food can drive variation in female fitness. Frugivores may face particularly strong competition because they use patchily distributed usurpable resources. Dominance rank and group size influence how a female experiences within-group competition. Both are predicted to affect access to food and, thus, reproductive success. We used 15 years of behaviora ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-013-1607-5