Evolutionary Ecology of Fixed Alternative Male Mating Strategies in the Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Baguette, Michel; Bataille, Baptiste; Stevens, Virginie M.

doi:10.3390/d14040307

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“…acoustic signals in plainfin midshipman fish Porichthys notatus ; Brantley & Bass, 1994) and signalling modalities [e.g. visual signals in ruff Calidris pugnax wading birds (Baguette, Bataille & Stevens, 2022); chemical signals in tephritid flies (Prokopy & Hendrichs, 1979)]. While sexual selection has been considered the main driver of alternative mating strategies (Oliveira, Taborsky & Brockmann, 2008), the role of natural selection has received less direct attention even though reduced eavesdropper‐imposed predation has likely also shaped the evolution of non‐signalling behaviours.…”

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Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems

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2022

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Eavesdropping predators, parasites and parasitoids exploit signals emitted by their prey and hosts for detection, assessment, localization and attack, and in the process impose strong selective pressures on the communication systems of the organisms they exploit. Signallers have evolved numerous anti‐eavesdropper strategies to mitigate the trade‐off between the costs imposed from signal exploitation and the need for conspecific communication. Eavesdropper strategies fall along a continuum from opportunistic to highly specialized, and the tightness of the eavesdropper–signaller relationship results in differential pressures on communication systems. A wide variety of anti‐eavesdropper strategies mitigate the trade‐off between eavesdropper exploitation and conspecific communication. Antagonistic selection from eavesdroppers can result in diverse outcomes including modulation of signalling displays, signal structure, and evolutionary loss or gain of a signal from a population. These strategies often result in reduced signal conspicuousness and in decreased signal ornamentation. Eavesdropping enemies, however, can also promote signal ornamentation. While less common, this alternative outcome offers a unique opportunity to dissect the factors that may lead to different evolutionary pathways. In addition, contrary to traditional assumptions, no sensory modality is completely ‘safe’ as eavesdroppers are ubiquitous and have a broad array of sensory filters that allow opportunity for signal exploitation. We discuss how anthropogenic change affects interactions between eavesdropping enemies and their victims as it rapidly modifies signalling environments and community composition. Drawing on diverse research from a range of taxa and sensory modalities, we synthesize current knowledge on anti‐eavesdropper strategies, discuss challenges in this field and highlight fruitful new directions for future research. Ultimately, this review offers a conceptual framework to understand the diverse strategies used by signallers to communicate under the pressure imposed by their eavesdropping enemies.

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Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems

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“…fire ant [124]) and ruff mating strategies (e.g. [125]). However, all these approaches would benefit from more phenotypic data, collected across a broader range of species, that takes plasticity into account.…”

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Beyond genes-for-behaviour: the potential for genomics to resolve questions in avian brood parasitism

Rönkä¹,

Eroukhmanoff²,

Kulmuni³

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Brood parasite-host interactions are among the most easily observable and amenable natural laboratories of antagonistic coevolution, and as such have intrigued evolutionary biologists for decades. It is therefore surprising they have not been at the forefront of genomic studies on evolutionary adaptation. Here we review state-of-the-art molecular methods in studying avian brood parasitism, a model system in behavioural ecology. We highlight outstanding questions to bring examples of how genomic tools are not merely about ‘finding a gene for behaviour’, but can be used to study the causes and mechanisms of (co)evolutionary adaptation. In doing so, we promote behavioural and molecular ecologists to integrate Tinbergen’s questions into a collaborative, coherent science aiming to solve the mysteries of nature and apply current methodology into other model systems in behavioural ecology.

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Evolutionary Ecology of Fixed Alternative Male Mating Strategies in the Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Cited by 2 publications

References 55 publications

Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems

Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems

Beyond genes-for-behaviour: the potential for genomics to resolve questions in avian brood parasitism

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