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Emergence of games from ecological trade-offs: longevity changes strategies for extra-pair mating in birds
AbstractEach member of a breeding pair benefits if the other does more of the parental investment, so there is scope for behaviours that can be...
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From self-interest to cooperation: extra-pair mating as a driver of relaxed territorial aggression in social neighbourhoods
In socially monogamous bird species, males and females tailor their reproductive strategies to that of the other. Interactions are complex, and have...
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Extra-Pair Paternity in the Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) in Central Russia
AbstractExtra-pair paternity is widespread in passerine birds. The number of extra-pair young (EPY) varies among different species and populations of...
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Do female bluethroats without extra-pair offspring have more MHC-compatible social mates?
AbstractGenes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are crucial for adaptive immunity in jawed vertebrates, and theory predicts that there...
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Extra-pair paternity in a species with frequent extra-pair courtship feedings, few extra-pair copulations, and male-biased parental care
Patterns of extra pair paternity (EPP) and intraspecific brood parasitism (IBP) were studied in a Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida population...
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Mating Systems
The ways by which male and female birds locate and choose each other for mating, the number of mates during a breeding season and during a bird’s...
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Mobbing for matings: dynamics, plumage correlates, and fitness impacts of conspicuous group extra-pair behaviors in the lark bunting
The widespread occurrence of extra-pair paternity (EPP) in birds adds rich complexity to our understanding of sexual selection and mating system...
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High level of extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous Marsh Tits (Poecile palustris)
BackgroundExtra-pair copulation behavior has been widely studied among socially monogamous birds. Many species revealed high rates of extra-pair...
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Mating system induced lags in rates of range expansion for different simulated mating systems and dispersal strategies: a modelling study
Mismatches between current and potential species distributions are commonplace due to lags in the response of populations to changing environmental...
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Extra-pair paternity and antiparasitic defence
BackgroundExtra-pair paternity (EPP) in birds provides benefits in terms of more offspring, and characteristics for maintenance of this behaviour...
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Inter- and Intrapopulation Variation in Bottlenose Dolphin Mating Strategies
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) live in complex societies with high fission-fusion dynamics and exhibit a polygynandrous mating system in which...
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Mating Behaviour
In sexually reproducing animals, reproduction entails insemination (the transfer of the male’s sperm to the female) and fertilisation (the fusion of...
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Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma
We describe the details of the mating behavior of the Japanese badger, Meles anakuma, using camera trapping. Similar to other mustelid species, the...
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Brood success of sex-role-reversed pheasant-tailed jacanas: the effects of social polyandry, seasonality, and male mating order
Multiple mating by avian females may increase hatching and overall brood success; however, reproductive effort and parental investment are costly,...
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Characteristics of breeding habitat, genetic mating system, and determinants of male mating success in the sponge-dwelling goby Elacatinus lori
AbstractDetermining the patterns and causes of variation in reproductive success is key to understanding mating systems and sexual selection, but...
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Mating behavior and functional morphology of genitalia in longhorn beetle Dorysthenes granulosus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
Sexual selection is a driving force behind the evolution of insect genitalia morphology. Understanding the functional morphologies of mating-related...
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The Mating Machine
Gene transmission and hence fitness, for any animal, is a direct product of sex. Offspring production is the essential currency rewarded by natural...
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Beaked Whale Sexual Dimorphism, Mating Strategies, and Diversification
Beaked whales (Ziphiidae), with 24 currently recognized species, are arguably the least known large animals on the planet, despite being widespread...
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The availability of male mates affects the social mating strategies of a predominantly socially monogamous passerine
We evaluated whether the availability of male mates affected mating strategies in a predominantly socially monogamous passerine, the grass wren Cistoth...
