scholarly journals Sex ratio of Western Bluebirds ( Sialia mexicana ) is mediated by phenology and clutch size

Ibis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Bartlow ◽  
Mark D. Jankowski ◽  
Charles D. Hathcock ◽  
Randall T. Ryti ◽  
Steven L. Reneau ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 328 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Finn Kjellberg ◽  
Judith L. Bronstein ◽  
Glen van Ginkel ◽  
Jaco M. Greeff ◽  
Jamie C. Moore ◽  
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The Auk ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber J. Keyser ◽  
Marilynne T. Keyser ◽  
Daniel E. L. Promislow

Behaviour ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 150 (13) ◽  
pp. 1491-1508 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Soma ◽  
K. Okanoya

Postmating sexual selection plays an important part in the evolution of secondary sexual characters. Based on differential allocation theory that predicts biased reproductive investment of females depending on the attractiveness of mates, a number of previous studies have shown that egg production is related in various ways to ornamental sexual traits of males, but evidence for behavioural sexual traits is less abundant. In this study we examine such maternal effects in relation to birdsong. Because the Bengalese finch is a monomorphic songbird, courtship song serves a key role in mate choice. To take into account individual female differences in egg production performance, we sequentially paired naïve, captive, female Bengalese finches to two different males, and investigated if their reproductive investment (clutch size, egg mass and hatchling sex ratio) was related to the song traits of their mates. We found that clutch size and egg mass were highly repeatable within individual females while sex ratio was not. Despite the inflexibility of egg mass within each female, egg mass increased when females were mated to males with longer songs. In addition, we found a non-significant weak tendency toward male-biased sex ratio in relation to longer song duration of mates. Our findings suggest that females mated to better mates adjusted their reproductive investment by producing heavier eggs and possibly offspring of the more costly sex.


Ethology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Anna Friedel ◽  
H. Michael G. Lattorff ◽  
José Javier G. Quezada‐Euán ◽  
Samuel Boff

The Condor ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason M. South ◽  
Timothy F. Wright

AbstractMany birds, including some parrots, may adjust the sex ratio of their offspring in relation to the relative fitness benefits of sons and daughters. We investigated nestling sex ratios in Yellow-naped Amazons (Amazona auropalliata) using a molecular sexing technique that amplifies intronic regions of the CHD-W and CHD-Z genes in birds. We examined all nestlings in 37 complete clutches comprising 77 chicks. The overall nestling sex ratio did not differ from unity. Sex allocation was not associated with hatch date, sequence of hatching, or clutch size. We also found no difference in sex ratio between two regional dialects. Female Yellow-naped Amazons may be unable to control their hatchling sex ratio. Alternatively, there may be no fitness benefits to females producing more of one sex in relation to the factors we measured here.No Existe Evidencia que Indique Modificaciones Adaptativas de la Proporción de Sexos en la Progenie de Amazona auropalliataResumen. En muchas aves, incluyendo los loros, la proporción de sexos en la progenie puede ajustarse en relación a los beneficios relativos de adecuación biológica de hembras y machos. Dichas tasas fueron investigadas en Amazona auropalliata por medio de una técnica molecular de determinación sexual por la cual se amplifican regiones intrónicas de los genes CHD-W y CHD-Z de aves. Se examinaron todos los pichones de 37 nidadas completas, constituidas por 77 pichones. La proporción de sexos total no resultó diferente a uno. La asignación sexual no estuvo correlacionada con la fecha de eclosión, la secuencia de eclosión, ni el tamaño de la nidada. Tampoco se encontraron diferencias en las proporciones de sexos entre dos dialectos vocales regionales. Las hembras de A. auropalliata podrían no tener la habilidad de controlar la proporción de sexos de su progenie. Alternativamente, es posible que en términos de adecuación biológica, no haya diferencia en el beneficio de producir una progenie enriquecida en un sexo determinado con respecto a los factores medidos en este estudio.


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 2759-2764 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Lawrence Powell ◽  
Anthony P. Russell

Field capture records and observation of wild-caught females indicate that parturition in Alberta populations of Phrynosoma douglassii brevirostre, a viviparous lizard, is synchronized among females, taking place during a short period around the end of July, and generally around noon. Relative clutch mass appears to decrease with female age, and clutch size varies between 6 and 11 neonates, with an overall sex ratio of 1.0. Female behaviour during parturition consists of four distinct phases, involving straddling of the hind legs, abdominal contractions, and pelvic movements. After parturition, the female moves away from the neonate. Neonate behaviour is associated chiefly with escaping from the extraembryonic membranes. Male neonates have a greater snout–vent length than females, but neonate mass is similar. Gravidity appears to impose a great physiological cost upon reproducing females.


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