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Mating systems and parental investment
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green anole
Pattern of matings in a population
Mating systems
Antithesis =
promiscuity
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Northern barred frog
Scramble: no attempts to defend females, resources
horseshoe crabs
Dulichiella spp.
elk
Female defense: must be clustered
Polygyny
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Polygyny
Montezuma’s oropendola
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Resource defense: males defend food, nest sites
Lamprologus cichlid
Polygyny
Red-winged blackbird
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Males cannot
monopolize
wide-ranging
females
dunnock
Distribution of females affects
males’ ability to guard them
Resource distribution
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???
Polygyny threshold
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Male with no
other females
(monogamy)
Male with
other female(s)
Quality of male’s territory
polygyny threshold
Polygyny threshold
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Polygyny threshold = point at which it’s
better to be polygynous on a good territory
Polygyny threshold
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When females and
resources too dispersed,
males compete
hammerhead bat
sage grouse
Uganda kob
Leks = communal display arenas
Male dominance polygyny
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Leks
Classical lek: males
display in sight of each
other
Exploded lek: males rely
on vocal communication,
e.g. kakapo
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High variance in male mating success
– 10-20% males achieve >50% copulations
– one male got 75% copulations
wire-tailed manakin
Leks
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• Hotshots
– Females attracted to lek by dominant male
Leks
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• Hotshots
– Females attracted to lek by dominant male
• Hotspots
– Leks located in high-use areas
Leks
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• Hotshots
– Females attracted to lek by dominant male
• Hotspots
– Leks located in high-use areas
• Female preferences
– Females prefer large groups of males
Leks
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black grouse
Removal of dominant male may
cause lek to shift, disband
Position of most successful
male territory shifts (hot shot?)
Leks
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Lek placement varies with respect to
female density (hot spot??)
Leks
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How is genetic variation maintained?
Paradox of the lek
Hamilton
and Zuk
Rowe
and Houle
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If females mate once, why do leks form?
Paradox of the lek
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Wilson’s
phalarope jacana
• Usually characterized by
sex-role reversals
• Factors favoring
polyandry include
– Male-biased sex ratio
– Precocial offspring
– Superabundant food
Polyandry
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spotted
sandpiper
Clutch manipulations
reveal incubation
constrained at four eggs
x
Selects for production
of two clutches
Polyandry
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Monogamy
Given sex differences in gamete
production, why monogamy?
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Monogamy
Duration may be variable
Rare in mammals (<5%)
common in birds (>90%)
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mantis shrimp
Occurs in species where females
are widely distributed, rarely encountered
Monogamy
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Important when young are
energetically demanding
cotton-top tamarins
Important where habitat is
harsh or offspring survival is low
emperor penguins
Mate assistance
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Female + male Female only
Mate assistance
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burying beetle
< 6 min > 6 min
Conflict of interests between the sexes regarding
care of offspring, opportunities for additional matings
Female untethered
Female tethered
Duration of male
pheromone emission
Female enforcement
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Proportion of extra-pair young (EPY)
Nu
mb
er
of
bro
od
stree swallow
In some species, >50% offspring are extra-pair young
Extra-pair copulations
superb fairy wren
50-90% EPY (avg. 78%)
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Adelie penguins get
rocks from EPC partners
Material benefits?
Why do females solicit EPCs?
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Material benefits?
Why do females solicit EPCs?
• EPCs are less “institutionalized”
version of polyandry
• Many of the same benefits apply
scorpionfly
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32% predation on females with EPY
54% predation on females with no EPY
…against nest predators
red-winged blackbird
Why do females solicit EPCs?
Females may mate often
to confuse paternity
Hanuman langur
…against infanticidal males
Male defense
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Genetic benefits
– Guard against poor sperm quality of mate
pseudoscorpion
Why do females solicit EPCs?
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Why do females solicit EPCs?
Genetic benefits
– Guard against poor sperm quality of mate
– Increase genetic diversity of offspring
blue tit
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bluethroat
Genetic benefits
– Guard against poor sperm quality of mate
– Increase genetic diversity of offspring
– Mate with genetically superior male
Why do females solicit EPCs?
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Population % nonpaternity
southern Africa (!Kung) 2
rural Michigan, USA ~10
Munich and Copenhagen >10
Italy 13.2
India 15.3
urban Michigan, USA 20.1
Liverpool, UK 20-30
EPCs in humans
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Parental investment
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Nutrition in egg
Pre-hatching
(nest site,
protecting eggs)
Post-hatching
(provisioning,
protecting young)
Behavior that
increases
fitness of
offspring at
cost to parent
lowland gorilla
Parental investment
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Post-hatching investment is rare
Parental investment
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• Female-only care
predominates
• Male, biparental
care is rare
golden-lion tamarin
mallee fowl
How do we account for
the general female bias
in parental care?
Patterns of parental investment
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Logic suffers from “sunk cost” or
“Concorde” fallacy
=
What about the abrupt
termination of investment in
polyandrous species?
Richard Dawkins
Patterns of parental investment
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Mode of fertilization
Provider sex Internal External
Male Few Many
Female Many Few
guppy
piranha
Explained by order of gamete release?
How to explain the
predominance of male
care in frogs where males
deposit sperm first?
Patterns of parental investment
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0.61
- 0
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0.71
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Proportion of extra-pair young (EPY)
Nu
mb
er
of
bro
od
s
Extra-pair
paternity
may select for
decreased
male care tree
swallow
If costs to male and
female to rear young
are the same, but only
3 of 4 chicks are his…
He should reduce his
level of investment dark-eyed
junco
Importance of paternity
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Male yellow warblers do
not adjust feeding rate
in response to cuckoldry
Male tree swallows show
no feeding bias to own
chicks, feed those closest
or most in need
No apparent discrimination against EPY
male female
Recognition of unrelated young?
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Alpha, beta male dunnocks care for young
in proportion to time spent with female
Females may use mating
solicitations to manipulate male
parental investment
Recognition of unrelated young?
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Control = male
bluegill on nest
Experimental = male
bluegill on nest with
“sneaker” in a jar
Tested defensive responses to nest predator
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Why the difference between
care of eggs and care of fry?
Recognition of unrelated young?
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St. Peter’s fish Male care persists
where costs
to females exceed
costs to males?
Male care depends on
costs/benefits to male
~11 days ~7 days
Sex differences in costs of investment
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Large eggs require high level of care
Sex differences in costs of investment
giant water bug