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Pair bonding and disruption impact lung transcriptome in monogamous Peromyscus californicus
Social interactions affect physiological and pathological processes, yet their direct impact in peripheral tissues remains elusive. Recently we...
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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...
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Size-assortative mating in a long-lived monogamous seabird
Mate choice is a key process in animals to optimize the fitness benefits of reproduction, and it is generally guided by phenotypic features of...
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Monogamous mating system and protandrous-like sexuality in the goby Trimma taylori
The reproductive ecology of the gobiid Trimma taylori is investigated using combined field sampling and rearing experiments. In captivity this...
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Seasonal variation in cuckoldry rates in the socially monogamous cichlid fish Variabilichromis moorii
Mating patterns in animal populations can respond to environmental conditions and consequently vary across time. To examine this variation in nature,...
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Polyandrous females but not monogamous females vary in reproductive ageing patterns in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris
BackgroundIn general, reproductive performance exhibits nonlinear changes with age. Specifically, reproductive performance increases early in life,...
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Weakened inbreeding avoidance in a monogamous subterranean vole, Ellobius tancrei
Animals of most species avoid close inbreeding, but the level of incest avoidance varies, and the ultimate causes of interspecies differences in the...
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Long-term stability of vocal individuality cues in a territorial and monogamous seabird
The stability of individual acoustic features is fundamental in social species, and more importantly in monogamous and territorial species, showing...
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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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Reproduction is affected by individual breeding experience but not pair longevity in a socially monogamous bird
AbstractIn socially monogamous animals, maintaining stable mating pairs across years has been hypothesized to result in increased reproductive...
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Male procurement of breeding site is valued over male size by monogamous female convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata)
In many monogamous species, sexual selection often occurs through female mate choice, which is usually based on male characteristics such as size....
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Communal Reproduction of Females of Two Subspecies of Harting’s Vole Microtus (Sumeriomys) hartingi (Rodentia, Arvicolinae) under Experimental Conditions
AbstractSuccessful reproduction of two subspecies of Harting’s vole in monogamous pairs (monogamous groups, 35 pairs for each) was shown. The results...
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Tap dancers in the wild: field observations of multimodal courtship displays in socially monogamous songbirds
Multimodal signaling systems are shaped not only by a signaler’s physical abilities but also by external factors such as the position of signal...
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Mating system of the symbiotic shrimp Chernocaris placunae (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Vietnam: social monogamy and differences between two sites with contrasting environmental conditions
In symbiotic crustaceans, social monogamy is favored in species that inhabit scarce, relatively small, and morphologically simple hosts in tropical...
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Factors influencing low incidence of double brooding in the Great Reed Warbler
Double brooding, the laying of a second clutch after successfully fledging young from a first nest in a season, is a common reproductive strategy...
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Incipient colonies of the neotropical termite Cornitermes cumulans (Isoptera: Termitidae): comparing monogamy and polygamy as reproductive strategies
A termite colony is generally founded by a monogamous pair of alates during swarming. However, primary polygyny resulting from pleometrotic...
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Evolution from monogamy to polygyny: insights from the solitary Japanese serow
AbstractUnderstanding the main factors driving the evolution of mating systems is a major goal of behavioral ecology. In ungulates, the transition...
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Sex and Behavior
We provide a conceptual primer for sexual selection and conflict, mating systems, and socio-sexual behaviors and patterns among animals, largely with...
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The Social Life of Owl Monkeys
The study of owl monkeys provides an excellent opportunity for understanding the behavioral correlates of pair-living, sexual monogamy, and...
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Poor reproductive success of polygynously mated female birds with obligatory bi-parental care: a result of deceptive behaviour of males?
AbstractSocial polygyny usually benefits males by increasing the number of offspring, whereas it is detrimental for females as they must share the...
