Do ornaments, arrival date, and sperm size influence mating and
paternity success in the collared flycatcher?

J 2017

Do ornaments, arrival date, and sperm size influence mating and paternity success in the collared flycatcher?

EDME, Anais, Petr ZOBAČ, Pavlína OPATOVÁ, Petra ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Pavel MUNCLINGER et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Do ornaments, arrival date, and sperm size influence mating and paternity success in the collared flycatcher?

Authors

EDME, Anais (250 France), Petr ZOBAČ (203 Czech Republic), Pavlína OPATOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petra ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Pavel MUNCLINGER (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš ALBRECHT (203 Czech Republic) and Miloš KRIST (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1432-0762, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017, 0340-5443

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.473

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00096005

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2242-8

UT WoS

000392311800003

Keywords in English

Mating success; Extra-pair paternity; Differential allocation; Sexual ornament; Sperm size

Abstract

V originále

Males advertise their intrinsic parental and/or genetic qualities by the size of secondary sexual ornaments. Moreover, they compete with one another for the best territory and males who arrive first at the breeding ground usually have an advantage in this competition. Females may consider multiple male qualities simultaneously and prefer the one most important for their fitness in the current context. They can further improve their fitness by selecting the best care-giver as their social mate and engaging in an extra-pair copulation with a genetically superior male. In such cases, sperm competition arises in the female reproductive tract and its outcome may be affected by the sperm morphology of both the social and extra-pair male. Here, we tested these ideas in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), a species with context-dependent choice of social partners and frequent extra-pair paternity. We recorded male arrival to breeding sites, manipulated their forehead patches, and measured sperm size. In contrast to a previous study in a Swedish population, males with enlarged patches were nonsignificantly less successful late in the season while no such difference was found early in the season. Besides this tendential seasonal interaction, arrival date did not affect mating and paternity success or male fitness, and the same was true for sperm size. These results suggest different benefits of male ornamentation and female mate choice between populations and call for more replicated research within and between species.

Citovat

EDME, Anais, Petr ZOBAČ, Pavlína OPATOVÁ, Petra ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Pavel MUNCLINGER, Tomáš ALBRECHT and Miloš KRIST. Do ornaments, arrival date, and sperm size influence mating and paternity success in the collared flycatcher? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 1432-0762: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017, vol. 71, No 1, p. nestránkováno, 11 pp. ISSN 0340-5443. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2242-8.

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EDME, Anais, Petr ZOBAČ, Pavlína OPATOVÁ, Petra ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Pavel MUNCLINGER, Tomáš ALBRECHT and Miloš KRIST. Do ornaments, arrival date, and sperm size influence mating and paternity success in the collared flycatcher? \textit{Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology}. 1432-0762: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017, vol.~71, No~1, p.~nestránkováno, 11 pp. ISSN~0340-5443. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2242-8.

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