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:

Dr. Jana Flury

Org. Einordnung:

Evolutionäre Genomik, Zentrum für Taxonomie und Morphologie (ztm), Zentrum für molekulare Biodiversitätsforschung (zmb)

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.