Do female zebra finches prefer males exhibiting greater plasticity in foraging tactic use?

Barou-Dagues, Marie; Richard‐Dionne, Étienne; Dubois, Frédérique

doi:10.1007/s00265-020-02886-1

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“…Thus, selective and accurate females that preferred males with greater cognitive traits, achieved similar reproductive success to less selective and less accurate ones. As such, our results support the idea that cognitive diversity can be maintained by intersexual selection through female mate choice (fish: Álvarez‐Quintero et al, 2021; birds: Barou‐Dagues et al, 2020; Barou‐Dagues & Dubois, 2022; humans: Escorial & Martín‐Buro, 2012; Plomin & Deary, 2015; Śmieja & Stolarski, 2018). Although more evidence is needed to determine which ecological conditions contribute to maintaining differences in female preference for male abilities, our predictions are nevertheless consistent with the fact that no study so far has demonstrated an unanimous female preference for male cognitive abilities.…”

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Exploring the interplay between natural and intersexual selection on the evolution of a cognitive trait

Barou-Dagues

Dubois

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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There has been an increased focus on the role of natural and sexual selection in shaping cognitive abilities, but the importance of the interaction between both forces remains largely unknown. Intersexual selection through female mate choice might be an important driver of the evolution of cognitive traits, especially in monogamous species, where females may obtain direct fitness benefits by choosing mates with better cognitive abilities. However, the importance given by female to male cognitive traits might vary among species and/or populations according to their life‐history traits and ecology. To disentangle the effects of natural and sexual selection, here we use an agent‐based simulation model and compare the model's predictions when females mate with the first randomly encountered male (i.e., under natural selection) versus when they choose among males based on their cognitive trait values (i.e., under natural and intersexual selection). Males and females are characterized, respectively, by their problem‐solving ability and assessment strategy. At each generation, agents go through (1) a choosing phase during which females assess the cognitive abilities of potential mates until eventually finding an acceptable one and (2) a reproductive phase during which all males compete for limited resources that are exploited at a rate, which depends on their cognitive abilities. Because males provide paternal care, the foraging success of mated males determines the breeding success of the pair through its effect on nestling provisioning efficiency. The model predicts that intersexual selection plays a major role in most ecological conditions, by either reinforcing or acting against the effect of natural selection. The latter case occurs under harsh environmental conditions, where intersexual selection contributes to maintaining cognitive diversity. Our findings thus demonstrate the importance of considering the interaction between both selective forces and highlight the need to build a conceptual framework to target relevant cognitive traits.

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Exploring the interplay between natural and intersexual selection on the evolution of a cognitive trait

Barou-Dagues

Dubois

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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“…In the group that shifted from Condition 5min to Condition 1min, a more marked change in the producer index was observed compared to the group that shifted from Condition 1min to Condition 5 min. This difference could be attributed to the behavioral flexibility of the subjects ( Barou-Dagues, et al, 2020) or a possible effect of the value associated with each of the alternatives in the previous condition. Regarding this issue, the rate maximization model only predicts the group proportion of producer strategies during stable states, thus limiting its ability to confirm these claims.…”

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Social foraging and time of access to patch zones in rats

Ávila-Chauvet,

Ojeda Aguilar,

García-Leal

et al. 2024

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In social foraging situations, some group members tend to search their food sources (producers), while others tend to join a previously discovered food source (scroungers). Rate maximization model and agent-based models predict that the proportion of scroungers within the group should increase as the finder share decreases. We propose a novel experimental preparation to study the effects of the finder share on the proportion of scroungers in a social foraging situation by controlling the access time to the patch zones. As the access time to discovered patch zones decreased, the opportunity to join patch zones decreased too, and the finder share increased. Our results matched the models’ prediction in the sense that the proportion of producer responses decreased, and the number of scroungers increased as the access time to the patch zones increased.

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“…Individual differences in plasticity may arise from either additive genetic background, different experiences or early environmental (e.g., maternal) effects (Araya‐Ajoy & Dingemanse, 2017; Dingemanse et al, 2012; Dingemanse & Wolf, 2013; Nussey et al, 2007). Therefore, behavioral plasticity could evolve as an individual‐specific trait subjected to selection through differential survival, mate choice, or reproductive success (Barou‐Dagues et al, 2020; Han & Brooks, 2013).…”

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Individual differences in song plasticity in response to social stimuli and singing position

Jablonszky

Cañal

Hegyi

et al. 2022

Ecology and Evolution

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Do female zebra finches prefer males exhibiting greater plasticity in foraging tactic use?

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Exploring the interplay between natural and intersexual selection on the evolution of a cognitive trait

Exploring the interplay between natural and intersexual selection on the evolution of a cognitive trait

Social foraging and time of access to patch zones in rats

Individual differences in song plasticity in response to social stimuli and singing position

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