Effects of male dominance and courtship display on female choice in the ring-necked pheasant

Martín, Concha Mateos; Carranza, Juan

doi:10.1007/s002650050558

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“…2007). Several studies have confirmed that the same trait can be selected by both female choice and male–male competition (Mateos & Carranza 1999; Borgia & Coleman 2000; Alonso‐Alvarez et al. 2004).…”

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confidence: 94%

Dual Utility of a Melanin‐Based Ornament in Bearded Tits

Hoi

Griggio

2008

Ethology

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A general mechanism to account for the maintenance of sexually selected traits is the armament–ornament model, which predicts that females exploit signals used in male–male aggressive contests. Melanin‐based ornaments are good candidates to be dual utility traits because they are usually involved in male–male competition and function as signals of male dominance or fighting ability. Despite this, very few studies have investigated the dual utility of melanin‐based plumage traits and results remain generally ambiguous. In this study, we investigated the dual function of a melanin‐based trait (the black beard) in the male bearded tit, Panurus biarmicus. In a controlled aviary experiment, beard length was the best predictor of dominance in male–male competition. In a choice experiment, females showed a proximity preference for males whose beard length was experimentally elongated. Our results indicate that beard length plays an important role in both male–male competition and female choice in bearded tits, as proposed by the dual utility model.

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confidence: 94%

Dual Utility of a Melanin‐Based Ornament in Bearded Tits

Hoi

Griggio

2008

Ethology

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“…Several studies have confirmed that the same trait can be selected by both female choice and male-male competition (Mateos and Carranza 1999;Borgia and Coleman 2000;Alonso-Alvarez et al 2004;Hoi and Griggio 2008). Despite this, very few studies have investigated the dual utility of female ornaments.…”

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Female ornamentation, parental quality, and competitive ability in the rock sparrow

Griggio

Zanollo

Hoi

2010

J Ethol

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“…Many studies on female choice have been conducted on females that can actively inspect and choose preferred males, for example, lekking animals (Mateos and Carranza 1999;Wilkelski et al 2001), fishes (Houde 1988;Candolin 2000), anurans (Robertson 1986), crabs (Christy 1987), and insects (Steele 1986). However, because of male coercive behavior, females often may be unable to make their preferred choice.…”

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confidence: 98%