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Sex-Specific Routes to Independent Breeding in a Polygynous Cooperative Breeder | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

AutorInnen: 
Josi, D., Flury, J. M., Reyes-Contreras, M., Tanaka, H., Taborsky, M., Frommen, J. G.
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2021
Vollständiger Titel: 
Sex-Specific Routes to Independent Breeding in a Polygynous Cooperative Breeder
ZFMK-Autorinnen / ZFMK-Autoren: 
Publiziert in: 
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Publikationstyp: 
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI Name: 
doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.750483
Keywords: 
benefits-of-philopatry, polygamy, delayed dispersal, territory inheritance, cooperation, cichlid fish, Neolamprologus savoryi, ecological constraints
Bibliographische Angaben: 
Josi, D., Flury, J. M., Reyes-Contreras, M., Tanaka, H., Taborsky, M., Frommen, J. G. (2021): Sex-Specific Routes to Independent Breeding in a Polygynous Cooperative Breeder. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9
Abstract: 

How can individuals obtain a breeding position and what are the benefits associated with philopatry compared to dispersal? These questions are particularly intriguing in polygamous cooperative breeders, where dispersal strategies reflect major life history decisions, and routes to independent breeding may utterly differ between the sexes. We scrutinized sex-dependent life-history routes by investigating dispersal patterns, growth rates and mortality in a wild colony of the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus savoryi.