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Multiple signals predict male mating success in the lek-mating lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-02920-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Silva JP, Moreira F, Palmeirim JM. Spatial and temporal dynamics of lekking behaviour revealed by high-resolution GPS tracking. Anim Behav 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Warren P, Atterton F, Anderle M, Baines D. Expanding the range of black grouseTetrao tetrixin northern England through translocating wild males. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Philip Warren
- P. Warren , F. Atterton, M. Anderle and D. Baines, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Coach House, Eggleston, County Durham, DL12 0AJ, UK
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- P. Warren , F. Atterton, M. Anderle and D. Baines, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Coach House, Eggleston, County Durham, DL12 0AJ, UK
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- P. Warren , F. Atterton, M. Anderle and D. Baines, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Coach House, Eggleston, County Durham, DL12 0AJ, UK
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- P. Warren , F. Atterton, M. Anderle and D. Baines, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Coach House, Eggleston, County Durham, DL12 0AJ, UK
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Patterns, correlates, and paternity consequences of extraterritorial foray behavior in the field sparrow (Spizella pusilla): an automated telemetry approach. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2273-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Persons NW, Hosner PA, Meiklejohn KA, Braun EL, Kimball RT. Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 98:123-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Revised: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kervinen M, Lebigre C, Soulsbury CD. Simultaneous age‐dependent and age‐independent sexual selection in the lekking black grouse(Lyrurus tetrix). J Anim Ecol 2016; 85:715-25. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Matti Kervinen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science University of Jyväskylä P. O. Box 35 Jyväskylä FI‐40014 Finland
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- Earth and Life Institute Place de la Croix du Sud 4 Carnoy building B‐1348 Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium
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- Joseph Banks Laboratories School of Life Sciences University of Lincoln Lincoln LN6 7TS UK
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Ryder TB, Sillett TS. Climate, demography and lek stability in an Amazonian bird. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 283:20152314. [PMID: 26791615 PMCID: PMC4795018 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lekking is a rare, but iconic mating system where polygynous males aggregate and perform group displays to attract females. Existing theory postulates that demographic and environmental stability are required for lekking to be an evolutionarily viable reproductive strategy. However, we lack empirical tests for the hypotheses that lek stability is facilitated by age-specific variation in demographic rates, and by predictable, abundant resources. To address this knowledge gap, we use multistate models to examine how two demographic elements of lek stability-male survival and recruitment-vary with age, social status and phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in a Neotropical frugivorous bird, the wire-tailed manakin (Pipra filicauda). Our results show that demographic and environmental conditions were related to lek stability in the Ecuadorean Amazon. Apparent annual survival probability of territorial males was higher than that of non-territorial floaters, and recruitment probability increased as males progressed in an age-graded queue. Moreover, annual survival of territorial males and body condition of both floaters and territory holders were higher following years with El Niño conditions, associated with reduced rainfall and probably higher fruit production in the northern Neotropics, and lower after years with wet, La Niña conditions that predominated our study. Recruitment probabilities varied annually, independent of ENSO phase, and increased over our study period, but the annual mean number of territorial males per lek declined. Our results provide empirical support for hypothesized demographic and environmental drivers of lek dynamics. This study also suggests that climate-mediated changes in resource availability can affect demography and subsequent lek stability in a relatively buffered, lowland rainforest.
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- Thomas B Ryder
- Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, MRC 5503, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
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- Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, MRC 5503, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
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Sexy males and choosy females on exploded leks: Correlates of male attractiveness in the Little Bustard. Behav Processes 2014; 103:246-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hämäläinen A, Alatalo RV, Lebigre C, Siitari H, Soulsbury CD. Fighting behaviour as a correlate of male mating success in black grouse Tetrao tetrix. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1411-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kervinen M, Alatalo RV, Lebigre C, Siitari H, Soulsbury CD. Determinants of yearling male lekking effort and mating success in black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). Behav Ecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Restrictive mate choice criteria cause age-specific inbreeding in female black grouse, Tetrao tetrix. Anim Behav 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Geary M, Fielding AH, Marsden SJ. The anatomy of population change in a black grouse population 1992-2008. Oecologia 2011; 168:73-81. [PMID: 21769631 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2062-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We interrogate an 18-year-long dataset containing counts of displaying male black grouse Tetrao tetrix and incidental counts of females within an 800-km(2) region of Perthshire, Scotland. We examine the trends in the population and investigate how different components of the population might act as signposts of different stages of overall population change. We found statistical evidence for a decline in black grouse numbers between 1992 and 2000, and then a recovery from 2002 to 2008, but little evidence for a link between population change and weather during the decline phase. There was some evidence for a positive relationship between male and female counts. The two main components of male population size, lek size and lek frequency followed the overall population trend while it was increasing, but during the earlier decline, the two became uncoupled, to expose a complex structure within the data. During the decline, when black grouse numbers were approaching their minimum, mean lek size was actually increasing. Small leks lost proportionally more birds than did large leks, and lek longevity was positively correlated with lek size, indicating that maintenance of large leks is crucial in buffering the population against serious declines. During the decline, the spatial arrangement of leks changed, with remnant leks showing tight clustering at larger spatial scales, before expanding out to fill the large areas of unoccupied landscape during the population increase. We discuss these findings in terms of species monitoring and suggest that counts of young males may add much useful demographic information with little extra effort.
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- Matthew Geary
- Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, School of Science and the Environment Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
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Alonso JC, Magaña M, Martín CA, Palacín C. Sexual Traits as Quality Indicators in Lekking Male Great Bustards. Ethology 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hovi M, Alatalo RV, Halonen M, Lundberg A. Responses of Male and Female Black Grouse to Male Vocal Display. Ethology 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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LEBIGRE C, ALATALO RV, FORSS HE, SIITARI H. Low levels of relatedness on black grouse leks despite male philopatry. Mol Ecol 2008; 17:4512-21. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Durães R, Loiselle BA, Blake JG. Spatial and temporal dynamics at manakin leks: reconciling lek traditionality with male turnover. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0626-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Saether SA, Baglo R, Fiske P, Ekblom R, Höglund J, Kålås JA. Direct and indirect mate choice on leks. Am Nat 2005; 166:145-57. [PMID: 16032570 DOI: 10.1086/431248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2004] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Indirect mate choice is any behavior that restricts the individual's set of potential mates without discrimination of mate attributes directly, for example, by having preferences about where to mate. We analyzed a 14-year data set from great snipe (Gallinago media) leks for evidence of indirect mate choice based on relative and absolute position of lek territories. We found little or no effect of the centrality of territories on mating and no between-year consistency in the spatial distribution of matings within leks. Instead, the probability of matings occurring at a particular site increased if the current territory owner had mated the previous year. Furthermore, individual females returned in later seasons to mate with the same male as previously rather than at the same site. Previous work found that male interactions and dominance do not control matings and that females are very choosy about which territory they mate in. Here we show that this is because of the male occupying the territory rather than its position. We therefore conclude that direct female mate choice is the main behavioral process affecting variation in mating success among great snipe males, unlike in some lekking mammals where male competition and/or indirect mate choice appears more important.
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- Stein Are Saether
- Department of Population Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Double MC, Cockburn A. Subordinate superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) parasitize the reproductive success of attractive dominant males. Proc Biol Sci 2003; 270:379-84. [PMID: 12639317 PMCID: PMC1691257 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Explanations of cooperative breeding have largely focused on the indirect benefits philopatric offspring gain from investing in kin. However, recent molecular studies have revealed that in many species subordinates provision unrelated offspring. This has led to the re-evaluation of the direct and indirect benefits of helping behaviour. In this study, we used microsatellite genotyping to assess the extra-group reproductive success of subordinate superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus), a species with extremely high rates of extra-group paternity. Extra-group subordinate males sired 10.2% (193 out of 1895) of all offspring sampled between 1993 and 2000 and 21.4% (193 out of 901) of all illegitimate offspring sired by known males. The extra-group success of subordinates was greatly influenced by the attractiveness of their dominant male. Subordinates of attractive dominants sired more extra-group young than did average dominants. Evidence suggests that mate choice in superb fairy-wrens is error-prone and subordinates can gain direct reproductive benefits through parasitizing the reproductive success of attractive dominants.
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- Michael C Double
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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Schreiber A, Weitzel T, Strauß E. Allozyme variability in Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), a tetraonid with lek behaviour. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01651316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rintamaki PT, Alatalo RV, HOGLUND J, Lundberg A. Fluctuating asymmetry and copulation success in lekking black grouse. Anim Behav 1997; 54:265-9. [PMID: 9268456 DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In lekking black grouse, Tetrao tetrixmales at the centre of the leks obtain more copulations than males at the edges. We found that males with territories at the edge of the lek obtained fewer matings and also have the most asymmetric tarsi. However, when considering the tail ornament (the lyre) no correlation between asymmetry and mating success was found. Although females are unlikely to select males on the basis of tarsus symmetry, asymmetry in this trait may reflect male condition. We suggest that males in poor condition, as reflected by higher levels of fluctuating asymmetry in the tarsi, do not achieve central positions on the lek arena. This would account for the lower success of males with higher levels of fluctuating tarsus asymmetry.
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- PT Rintamaki
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla
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HÖGLUND J, Johansson T, Pelabon C. Behaviourally mediated sexual selection: characteristics of successful male black grouse. Anim Behav 1997; 54:255-64. [PMID: 9268455 DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Recent studies of lekking animals suggest that a suite of characters may be favoured by sexual selection. Examples of such traits are high survival, increased androgen levels, territory features and morphological characters including exaggerated morphological ornaments. Here we argue that such selection is often mediated by behavioural differences and we use results from a field study of lekking black grouse, Tetrao tetrixas an example of our argument. In the absence of females, males display a range of stereotyped behaviours including vocalizations, visual displays and fighting. When females attend the lek, the behavioural repertoire of the males becomes more limited. Time budget analyses reveal that in the vast majority of cases, males in the presence of females perform only three types of behaviour: a vocal display called rookooing; a courtship behaviour called circling; and fighting. This suggests that female preference could be based on male courtship and fighting behaviour while females visit individual male territories and that displays not used in the presence of females could be ruled out as important for female preference. Sexual selection in black grouse, however, is a complex interplay between male-male competition and female choice and therefore female preference is not the only determinant of male success. Successful males were more often involved in fights in the absence of females on the lek and defended territories that were larger than expected. Therefore, we hypothesize that differences in male fighting ability result in some males occupying relatively large territories at the centre of the leks. Relatively large territories seem to be needed for successful courtship. Therefore behavioural differences mediate differences in male copulation success both through female preference and male-male competition.
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- J HÖGLUND
- Department of Zoology, Uppsala University
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