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Genetic evidence reveals density-dependent mediated success of alternative mating behaviours in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

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    SYSNO ASEP0101678
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JOstatní články
    TitleGenetic evidence reveals density-dependent mediated success of alternative mating behaviours in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)
    TitleGenetická evidence ukazuje, že reprodukční úspěšnost alternativních strategií samců hořavky duhové je závislá na hustotě
    Author(s) Reichard, Martin (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI, SAI
    Smith, C. (GB)
    Jordan, W. C. (GB)
    Source TitleMolecular Ecology. - : Wiley - ISSN 0962-1083
    Roč. 13, č. 6 (2004), s. 1569-1578
    Number of pages10 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsfish ; mating tactics ; paternity
    Subject RIVEG - Zoology
    CEZAV0Z6093917 - UBO-W
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02151.x
    AnnotationWe used behavioural and genetic data to investigate how male density affects reproductive success of territoriality and sneaking in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). We showed that sneaked fertilizations were common in R. sericeus, and that they increased significantly with male density. Territorial mating was almost 17 times more successful than sneaking at the lowest male density treatment, and still 2-3 times more successful at intermediate densities. However, both behaviours conferred the same fitness pay-off at the highest male density. While the success of territorial males declined with male density, the success of individual sneaking males remained constant across densities. Notably, the capacity of territorial males to outcompete sneakers by preoviposition sperm loading was the best predictor of male reproductive success, rather than aggression, body size or postoviposition ejaculation.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Vertebrate Biology
    ContactHana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
    Year of Publishing2005
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