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Mancero EJ, Valle CA, Rowe JW, Moore JA, Clark DL. Sexual Selection in San Cristóbal Lava Lizards (Microlophus bivittatus): A Test of Male Body Size Using Lizard Robots. HERPETOLOGICA 2022. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-20-00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Emilio J. Mancero
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Campus Cumbayá, Avenida Diego de Robles S/N e Interoceánica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Campus Cumbayá, Avenida Diego de Robles S/N e Interoceánica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Biology, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801, USA
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- Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA
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- Department of Biology, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801, USA
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Noonburg EG, Anderson RC. Asymmetric competition and floater dynamics. Ecology 2020; 102:e03238. [PMID: 33128781 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In territorial species, nonterritorial floaters may be critical to population dynamics. One theoretical framework, based on the assumption that floating is a strategic decision to forego reproduction, predicts that selection maintains an abundant floater population even if low-quality territories are available. However, existing models make two critical assumptions: all individuals have equal competitive ability, and every individual in a population has access to every available territory. We assess the consequences of relaxing these assumptions in a model of asymmetric competition with a trade-off between investment in competitiveness and reproductive success. Our results demonstrate that selection for greater competitiveness eliminates floater production unless the outcome of territorial contests has a strong stochastic component. Next, we suppose individuals can compete for territories only within a fixed neighborhood. If this constraint is sufficiently strong, our model predicts that a population will produce floaters. Finally, we show that our model makes novel predictions regarding the maintenance of trait variation and the relationship between this variation and the distribution of competitors among unequal territories.
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- Erik G Noonburg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 3200 College Avenue, Davie, Florida, 33314, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 3200 College Avenue, Davie, Florida, 33314, USA
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A temporal model of territorial defence with antagonistic interactions. Theor Popul Biol 2020; 134:15-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2020.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gerber BD, Hooten MB, Peck CP, Rice MB, Gammonley JH, Apa AD, Davis AJ. Extreme site fidelity as an optimal strategy in an unpredictable and homogeneous environment. Funct Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Brian D. Gerber
- Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado
- Department of Natural Resources Science University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island
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- U.S. Geological Survey Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Departments of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Statistics Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado
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- Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado
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- Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife Fort Collins Colorado
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- Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife Grand Junction Colorado
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- National Wildlife Research Center United States Department of Agriculture Fort Collins Colorado
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de Grissac S, Bartumeus F, Cox SL, Weimerskirch H. Early-life foraging: Behavioral responses of newly fledged albatrosses to environmental conditions. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:6766-6778. [PMID: 28904758 PMCID: PMC5587467 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In order to survive and later recruit into a population, juvenile animals need to acquire resources through the use of innate and/or learnt behaviors in an environment new to them. For far‐ranging marine species, such as the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans, this is particularly challenging as individuals need to be able to rapidly adapt and optimize their movement strategies in response to the highly dynamic and heterogeneous nature of their open‐ocean pelagic habitats. Critical to this is the development and flexibility of dispersal and exploratory behaviors. Here, we examine the movements of eight juvenile wandering albatrosses, tracked using GPS/Argos satellite transmitters for eight months following fledging, and compare these to the trajectories of 17 adults to assess differences and similarities in behavioral strategies through time. Behavioral clustering algorithms (Expectation Maximization binary Clustering) were combined with multinomial regression analyses to investigate changes in behavioral mode probabilities over time, and how these may be influenced by variations in day duration and in biophysical oceanographic conditions. We found that juveniles appeared to quickly acquire the same large‐scale behavioral strategies as those employed by adults, although generally more time was spent resting at night. Moreover, individuals were able to detect and exploit specific oceanographic features in a manner similar to that observed in adults. Together, the results of this study suggest that while shortly after fledging juvenile wandering albatrosses are able to employ similar foraging strategies to those observed in adults, additional skills need to be acquired during the immature period before the efficiency of these behaviors matches that of adults.
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- Sophie de Grissac
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé CNRS & Université de La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) Girona Spain.,CREAF Barcelona Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) Barcelona Spain
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé CNRS & Université de La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé CNRS & Université de La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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Wilson S, McKellar AE, Reudink MW, Marra PP, Ratcliffe LM. Density‐dependent immigration promotes population stability in a long‐distance migratory bird. POPUL ECOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10144-017-0582-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Scott Wilson
- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaNational Wildlife Research Centre1125 Colonel by DriveK1A 0H3OttawaONCanada
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change CanadaPrairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre115 Perimeter RoadS7N 0X4SaskatoonSKCanada
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- Department of Biological SciencesThompson Rivers UniversityV2C 0C8KamloopsBCCanada
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- Migratory Bird CenterSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute20013‐7012Washington, DCUSA
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Schuett W, Järvistö PE, Calhim S, Velmala W, Laaksonen T. Nosy neighbours: large broods attract more visitors. A field experiment in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca. Oecologia 2017; 184:115-126. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3849-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bonatto F, Priotto J, Coda J, Steinmann AR. Female Intrasexual Territoriality and its Potential Adaptive Significance: The Pampean Grassland Mouse as an Ecological Model Species. Ethology 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Florencia Bonatto
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
- Grupo de Investigaciones en Ecología Poblacional y Comportamental (GIEPCO); Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
- Grupo de Investigaciones en Ecología Poblacional y Comportamental (GIEPCO); Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
- Grupo de Investigaciones en Ecología Poblacional y Comportamental (GIEPCO); Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
- Grupo de Investigaciones en Ecología Poblacional y Comportamental (GIEPCO); Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Córdoba Argentina
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Lecomte J, Clobert J, Massot M, Barbault R. Spatial and behavioural consequences of a density manipulation in the common lizard1. ECOSCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1994.11682255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kin aggression and resource availability influence phenotype-dependent dispersal in a passerine bird. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1873-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The role of landmarks in territory maintenance by the black saddlebags dragonfly, Tramea lacerata. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1847-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hale JA, Nelson DA, Augustine JK. Are vocal signals used to recognize individuals during male–male competition in greater prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido)? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1751-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Moore JA, Draheim HM, Etter D, Winterstein S, Scribner KT. Application of large-scale parentage analysis for investigating natal dispersal in highly vagile vertebrates: a case study of American black bears (Ursus americanus). PLoS One 2014; 9:e91168. [PMID: 24621593 PMCID: PMC3951290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Understanding the factors that affect dispersal is a fundamental question in ecology and conservation biology, particularly as populations are faced with increasing anthropogenic impacts. Here we collected georeferenced genetic samples (n = 2,540) from three generations of black bears (Ursus americanus) harvested in a large (47,739 km2), geographically isolated population and used parentage analysis to identify mother-offspring dyads (n = 337). We quantified the effects of sex, age, habitat type and suitability, and local harvest density at the natal and settlement sites on the probability of natal dispersal, and on dispersal distances. Dispersal was male-biased (76% of males dispersed) but a small proportion (21%) of females also dispersed, and female dispersal distances (mean ± SE = 48.9±7.7 km) were comparable to male dispersal distances (59.0±3.2 km). Dispersal probabilities and dispersal distances were greatest for bears in areas with high habitat suitability and low harvest density. The inverse relationship between dispersal and harvest density in black bears suggests that 1) intensive harvest promotes restricted dispersal, or 2) high black bear population density decreases the propensity to disperse. Multigenerational genetic data collected over large landscape scales can be a powerful means of characterizing dispersal patterns and causal associations with demographic and landscape features in wild populations of elusive and wide-ranging species.
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- Jennifer A. Moore
- Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Wildlife Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Sheehan MJ, Straub MA, Tibbetts EA. How Does Individual Recognition Evolve? Comparing Responses to Identity Information inPolistesSpecies with and Without Individual Recognition. Ethology 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michael J. Sheehan
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI USA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI USA
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Inter-male aggression with regard to polygynous mating system in Pampean grassland mouse, Akodon azarae (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). J ETHOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10164-013-0370-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Osborne L, Umbers KDL, Keogh JS. The effects of perch height, time in residence and distance from opponent on aggressive display in male lizards. Acta Ethol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10211-012-0135-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tarwater CE. Influence of phenotypic and social traits on dispersal in a family living, tropical bird. Behav Ecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Grabowska-Zhang AM, Wilkin TA, Sheldon BC. Effects of neighbor familiarity on reproductive success in the great tit (Parus major). Behav Ecol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bai ML, Severinghaus LL, Philippart MT. Mechanisms underlying small-scale partial migration of a subtropical owl. Behav Ecol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Minderman J, Reid JM, Hughes M, Denny MJ, Hogg S, Evans PG, Whittingham MJ. Novel environment exploration and home range size in starlings Sturnus vulgaris. Behav Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Wauters LA, Verbeylen G, Preatoni D, Martinoli A, Matthysen E. Dispersal and habitat cuing of Eurasian red squirrels in fragmented habitats. POPUL ECOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0203-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pärn H, Jensen H, Ringsby TH, Saether BE. Sex-specific fitness correlates of dispersal in a house sparrow metapopulation. J Anim Ecol 2009; 78:1216-25. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01597.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mettke-Hofmann C, Lorentzen S, Schlicht E, Schneider J, Werner F. Spatial Neophilia and Spatial Neophobia in Resident and Migratory Warblers (Sylvia). Ethology 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01632.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cooper NW, Murphy MT, Redmond LJ, Dolan AC. Density-dependent age at first reproduction in the eastern kingbird. OIKOS 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eikenaar C, Richardson DS, Brouwer L, Bristol R, Komdeur J. Experimental evaluation of sex differences in territory acquisition in a cooperatively breeding bird. Behav Ecol 2008. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Arlt D, Pärt T. Sex-biased dispersal: a result of a sex difference in breeding site availability. Am Nat 2008; 171:844-50. [PMID: 18462132 DOI: 10.1086/587521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Sex-biased dispersal is often explained by assuming that the resource-defending sex pays greater costs of moving from a familiar area. We hypothesize that sex-biased dispersal may also be caused by a sex bias in breeding site availability. In avian resource-defense mating systems, site availability is often more constrained for females: males can choose from all vacant sites, whereas females are restricted to sites defended by males. Using data on breeding dispersal of a migratory passerine, we show that average number of available breeding options and availability of the previous year's territory was greater for males than females. The female bias in site unavailability may explain the female bias in probability of breeding dispersal because there was no sex bias in dispersal among birds with their previous year's territory available. We suggest that sex biases in the availability of breeding options may be an important factor contributing to observed variation in sex-biased dispersal patterns.
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- Debora Arlt
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Eikenaar C, Komdeur J, Richardson DS. Natal dispersal patterns are not associated with inbreeding avoidance in the Seychelles warbler. J Evol Biol 2008; 21:1106-16. [PMID: 18373659 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this study, we test whether patterns of territory inheritance, social mate choice and female-biased natal dispersal act as inbreeding avoidance mechanisms in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler. Our results show that Seychelles warblers do not reduce the likelihood of inbreeding by avoiding related individuals as mates. The occurrence of natural and experimentally induced territory inheritance did not depend on whether the remaining breeder was a parent of the potential inheritor or an unrelated breeder. Furthermore, dispersing individuals were no less related to their eventual mates than expected given the pool of candidates they could mate with. The female bias in natal dispersal distance observed in the Seychelles warbler does not facilitate inbreeding avoidance because, contrary to our prediction, there was no sex difference in the clustering of related opposite sex breeders around the natal territories of dispersers. As a result, the chance of females mating with relatives was not reduced by their greater dispersal distance compared with that of males.
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- C Eikenaar
- Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
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1. Variation in behaviours involved in habitat selection is important for several evolutionary and ecological processes. For example, habitat use during dispersal may differ from breeding habitat use, and for dispersers the scale of habitat familiarity is determined by exploratory behaviour. We studied habitat use and exploration of 56 radio-collared juvenile flying squirrels Pteromys volans L. within natal home range and during dispersal, and compared habitat use between juveniles and 37 adults within breeding home range. 2. Before dispersal, young flying squirrels actively moved around the natal site. Surprisingly, long-distance dispersers explored less than short-distance dispersers, but philopatric individuals explored similar distances as dispersers. Females explored less than males, although females are the more dispersive sex in flying squirrels. 3. For most of the individuals the settlement area was unfamiliar due to long dispersal distance. Consequently, direction and distance of exploration were not very strong predictors of settlement location. However, individuals familiar with the settlement area concentrated exploration to that area. Exploration did not correlate with short-term survival. 4. Dispersers preferred breeding habitat while dispersing, but were found more often in matrix habitat than juveniles within natal, or adults within breeding, home ranges. 5. We conclude that familiarity does not determine settlement as much as, for example, availability of the habitat for flying squirrels. Based on our results, it also seems clear that data on adult habitat use are not enough to predict habitat use of dispersing individuals. In addition, our results support the recent view that short- and long-distance dispersers may need to be analysed separately in ecological and evolutionary analyses.
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- Vesa Selonen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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McDougall PT, Kramer DL. Short-term behavioral consequences of territory relocation in a Caribbean damselfish, Stegastes diencaeus. Behav Ecol 2006. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sikkel PC, Kramer DL. Territory revisits reduce intrusion during spawning trips by female yellowtail damselfish, Microspathodon chrysurus. Anim Behav 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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HAUGHLAND DIANEL, LARSEN KARLW. Exploration correlates with settlement: red squirrel dispersal in contrasting habitats. J Anim Ecol 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00884.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- DIANE L. HAUGHLAND
- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Box 3020, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3N5 Canada; and Department of Natural Resource Sciences, University College of the Cariboo, Box 3010, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 5 N3 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Box 3020, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3N5 Canada; and Department of Natural Resource Sciences, University College of the Cariboo, Box 3010, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 5 N3 Canada
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Jacquot JJ, Solomon NG. EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION OF TERRITORY OCCUPANCY: EFFECTS ON IMMIGRATION OF FEMALE PRAIRIE VOLES. J Mammal 2004. [DOI: 10.1644/bpr-019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Doerr ED, Doerr VAJ. Dispersal range analysis: quantifying individual variation in dispersal behaviour. Oecologia 2004; 142:1-10. [PMID: 15378345 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1707-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Accepted: 08/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A complete understanding of animal dispersal requires knowledge not only of its consequences at population and community levels, but also of the behavioural decisions made by dispersing individuals. Recent theoretical work has emphasised the importance of this dispersal process, particularly the phase in which individuals search the landscape for breeding opportunities. However, empirical advances are currently hampered by a lack of tools for quantifying these dispersal search tactics. Here, we review existing methods for quantifying movement that are appropriate for the dispersal search process, describe several new techniques that we developed for characterising movement and behaviour through an individual's dispersal range, and illustrate their use with data from Australasian treecreepers (Climacteridae). We also describe how the quantitative parameters we discuss are calculated in a freely available computer software package that we designed. Specifically, we present methods for calculating the area searched during dispersal, search rate, thoroughness, intensity, philopatry of search, timing of exploration, and surreptitiousness. When we applied this approach to the study of dispersal in treecreepers, we found that search area, philopatry and timing of exploration showed the greatest individual variation. Furthermore, search area, search rate, thoroughness and philopatry of search were all correlated, suggesting they may be useful parameters for further research on the causes and consequences of different dispersal search tactics. Finally, we make recommendations for modifying radiotracking protocols to facilitate more accurate assessment of individual variation in the dispersal process, and suggest future directions for this type of empirical work at the interface of population and behavioural ecology.
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- Erik D Doerr
- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
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Lindström K, Pampoulie C. Effects of resource holding potential and resource value on tenure at nest sites in sand gobies. Behav Ecol 2004. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Haughland DL, Larsen KW. ECOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN RED SQUIRRELS ACROSS CONTRASTING HABITATS: RELATING NATAL DISPERSAL TO HABITAT. J Mammal 2004. [DOI: 10.1644/bwg-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Differential Avoidance Responses to Chemical Cues from Familiar and Unfamiliar Conspecifics by Male Iberian Rock Lizards (Lacerta monticola). J HERPETOL 2003. [DOI: 10.1670/192-02n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Carotenoid-based epaulettes reveal male competitive ability: experiments with resident and floater red-shouldered widowbirds. Anim Behav 2003. [DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mettke-Hofmann C. Changes in exploration from courtship to the breeding state in red-rumped parrots (Psephotus haematonotus). Behav Processes 2000; 49:139-148. [PMID: 10922527 DOI: 10.1016/s0376-6357(00)00084-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Animals explore their environment to gather information about feeding areas, resting places, or suitable territories for reproduction. During the annual cycle seasonal variation in exploration occurs at least in some species. In this study, exploratory behaviour of red-rumped parrots (Psephotus haematonotus) was investigated during part of the reproductive period including courtship and incubation. On 2 test days 14 pairs in either the courtship or the breeding state were confronted with three unknown objects in their familiar aviary for 6 h on each of 2 days. Test days were separated by a 2-day pause. Exploration by the males did not change from courtship to breeding, whereas in females latency to first contact increased, and duration of exploration and the number of objects touched decreased from courtship to breeding state. Considering the pair as a unit, the total duration of exploration was shorter in breeding pairs than in pairs during courtship. Changes in exploration from the first to the second day of object exposure occurred in both sexes. Males explored longer on the second day, females contacted the objects significantly later on the second day but showed no significant changes in duration of exploration. The changes in exploration might be due to changed cost/benefit considerations during courtship and breeding.
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- C Mettke-Hofmann
- Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Arbeitsbereich Biologische Rhythmen und Verhalten, Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Freie Universiteit Berlin, Von-der-Tann-Strasse 7, D-82346, Andechs, Germany
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Tobias J. Asymmetric territorial contests in the European robin: the role of settlement costs. Anim Behav 1997; 54:9-21. [PMID: 9268431 DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A widespread feature of territorial systems is that residents almost invariably defeat challengers. This phenomenon has been explained by the existence of value asymmetries, variations in resource-holding potential or an 'owners always win' convention. Removal-replacement experiments were performed on 75 robins, Erithacus rubeculato test these hypotheses. The settling behaviour of newcomers was also examined in order to identify energetic costs incurred during territory establishment. In winter, dominance shifted gradually from removed owners to newcomers with increasing time of newcomer residence, and there was a peak in contest duration at 4-7 days. Removals of newcomers, followed by replacement with another newcomer, confirmed that dominance was determined by the time newcomers were in residence rather than the time original owners were absent. These results support the hypothesis that asymmetries in territory value govern the outcome of contests. It is proposed that high singing rates and low foraging rates of newcomers settling boundaries with neighbours contribute to this asymmetry, skewing outcomes in favour of original owners until replacements are fully established. The key result in this study is that the time at which dominance tends to reverse (5-6 days in winter) is predicted by the time taken for newcomers to settle territory boundaries and achieve base-line foraging effort. In spring, original owners become subordinate almost immediately after removal. Reductions in settlement cost for newcomers, and increases in territory value, are proposed to accelerate dominance reversal. Age and sex effects on dominance suggest that the value asymmetry rule is modified by variations in resource-holding potential.
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- J Tobias
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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Larsen KW, Boutin S. Exploring territory quality in the North American red squirrel through removal experiments. CAN J ZOOL 1995. [DOI: 10.1139/z95-133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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If territory quality affects the fitness of its holder, then relatively unsuccessful individuals should relocate if given the opportunity to appropriate a higher quality territory. Relocation by these animals, however, may be prevented by habitat saturation, poor competitive ability, or the costs of relocating. We conducted two removal studies that created numerous territory vacancies in a population of the North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), thus providing favourable conditions for relocation. In both experiments, we tested whether nonbreeding females were more likely to relocate than breeding females, presumably because they (the nonbreeders) occupied relatively poor-quality territories. In our first experiment we permanently removed most of the squirrels from a study site and monitored the relative proportions of the remaining nonbreeding and breeding females that relocated. In our second experiment we monitored the response of squirrels to vacant territories that had been previously held by nonbreeding and breeding females, as well as by males. We also monitored the behaviour of squirrels that did not hold territories (dispersing offspring), as these individuals would not experience the same costs of relocation as adults. Our experiments showed that neither category of female was likely to relocate, regardless of the type of territory available. Both residents and dispersing offspring displayed no biases towards vacant territories that previously belonged to nonbreeding or breeding females or to males. Relocation does not appear to be a strategy for a female in this system to increase her reproductive opportunities. This suggests that either territory quality is inconsequential or the costs of relocation are prohibitive. Dispersing offspring also may be unable to select certain territories because of the premium placed on acquiring a territory, regardless of its quality.
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Importance of androgens in male territorial acquisition in the lizard Anolis sagrei: an experimental test. Anim Behav 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(95)80199-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cristoll DA. Costs of switching social groups for dominant and subordinate dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00164154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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