Breeding synchrony best explains variation in extra-pair mating system among avian species

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Breeding Synchrony ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Extra Pair Mating

Extra-Pair Mating System of a Synchronously Breeding Tropical Songbird

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget J. M. Stutchbury ◽  
Eugene S. Morton ◽  
Walter H. Piper
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Extra Pair Mating

Breeding synchrony and extra-pair mating in birds

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Weatherhead ◽  
Stephen M. Yezerinac
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Synchrony ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Extra Pair Mating

The Effect of Breeding Synchrony On Extra-Pair Mating Systems in Songbirds

Behaviour ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 132 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 675-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget J. Stutchbury ◽  
Eugene S. Morton
Keyword(s):  
Mating Systems ◽  
Breeding Synchrony ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Extra Pair Mating

scholarly journals Radical loss of an extreme extra-pair mating system

BMC Ecology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sjouke A Kingma ◽  
Michelle L Hall ◽  
Gernot Segelbacher ◽  
Anne Peters
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Extra Pair Mating

scholarly journals Experimental evidence that extra-pair mating drives asymmetrical introgression of a sexual trait

2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1771) ◽  
pp. 20132175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Baldassarre ◽  
Michael S. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Similar Amount ◽  
Plumage Colour ◽  
Sensory Bias ◽  
Mating Advantage ◽  
Malurus Melanocephalus ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Correlational Data ◽  
Extra Pair Mating ◽  
Manipulation Experiment

Theory suggests that traits under positive selection may introgress asymmetrically across a hybrid zone, potentially driven by sexual selection. Two subspecies of the red-backed fairy-wren ( Malurus melanocephalus ) differ primarily in a sexual signal used in mate choice—red versus orange male back plumage colour—but phylogeographic analyses suggest asymmetrical introgression of red plumage into the genetic background of the orange subspecies. We hypothesized that this asymmetrical introgression may be facilitated by sexual selection if red males have a mating advantage over orange males. We tested this hypothesis with correlational data and a plumage manipulation experiment where we reddened the back plumage of a subset of orange males to mimic males of the red subspecies. There was no correlational evidence of a mating advantage to naturally redder males in this population. Experimentally reddened males sired a similar amount of within-pair young and lost paternity at the same rate as orange males, but they sired significantly more extra-pair young, leading to substantially higher total reproductive success. Thus, we conclude that sexual selection via extra-pair mating is a likely mechanism responsible for the asymmetrical introgression of plumage colour in this system, and is potentially driven by a sensory bias for the red plumage signal.

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