EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAYS IN SHOREBIRD BREEDING SYSTEMS: SEXUAL CONFLICT, PARENTAL CARE, AND CHICK DEVELOPMENT

Evolution ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. 2222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin H. Thomas ◽  
Tamás Székely
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Sexual Conflict ◽  
Breeding Systems ◽  
Chick Development ◽  
Evolutionary Pathways

scholarly journals The evolution of sexual dimorphism in parasitic cuckoos: sexual selection or coevolution?

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1617) ◽  
pp. 1553-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Krüger ◽  
N.B Davies ◽  
M.D Sorenson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Brood Parasitism ◽  
Selection Pressure ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Exceptional Case ◽  
Evolutionary Pathways ◽  
Common Situation

Sexual dimorphism is ubiquitous in animals and can result from selection pressure on one or both sexes. Sexual selection has become the predominant explanation for the evolution of sexual dimorphism, with strong selection on size-related mating success in males being the most common situation. The cuckoos (family Cuculidae) provide an exceptional case in which both sexes of many species are freed from the burden of parental care but where coevolution between parasitic cuckoos and their hosts also results in intense selection. Here, we show that size and plumage differences between the sexes in parasitic cuckoos are more likely the result of coevolution than sexual selection. While both sexes changed in size as brood parasitism evolved, we find no evidence for selection on males to become larger. Rather, our analysis indicates stronger selection on parasitic females to become smaller, resulting in a shift from dimorphism with larger females in cuckoos with parental care to dimorphism with larger males in parasitic species. In addition, the evolution of brood parasitism was associated with more cryptic plumage in both sexes, but especially in females, a result that contrasts with the strong plumage dimorphism seen in some other parasitic birds. Examination of the three independent origins of brood parasitism suggests that different parasitic cuckoo lineages followed divergent evolutionary pathways to successful brood parasitism. These results argue for the powerful role of parasite–host coevolution in shaping cuckoo life histories in general and sexual dimorphism in particular.

scholarly journals Asymmetric sexual conflict over parental care in a biparental cichlid

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 933-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Steinegger ◽  
Barbara Taborsky
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Sexual Conflict

Lazy males and hardworking females? Sexual conflict over parental care in a brood parasite host and its consequences for chick growth

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1053-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Požgayová ◽  
Radovan Beňo ◽  
Petr Procházka ◽  
Václav Jelínek ◽  
Marek Mihai Abraham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Sexual Conflict ◽  
Brood Parasite ◽  
Chick Growth

scholarly journals Sexual Conflict, Ecology, and Breeding Systems in Shorebirds

BioScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 801 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAMÁS SZÉKELY ◽  
GAVIN H. THOMAS ◽  
INNES C. CUTHILL
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Conflict ◽  
Breeding Systems
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