Male decisions or female accessibility? Spatiotemporal patterns of extra pair paternity in a songbird

Cañal, David; Jovani, Roger; Potti, Jaime

doi:10.1093/beheco/ars090

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“…Emlen & Oring ; Yezerinac & Weatherhead ; Chuang, Webster & Holmes ; Thusius et al . ; Canal, Jovani & Potti ; but see Kempenaers ). If this argument holds in blue tits, a larger asynchrony should facilitate the occurrence of EPO for any male–female combination.…”

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“…, ; Freeman‐Gallant et al . ; Canal, Jovani & Potti ). This is expected even under random mating, as long as neighbouring individuals have a higher chance to meet.…”

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“…Extra‐pair mating patterns may be influenced by the behaviour of at least four parties: a potential extra‐pair female and her social mate, and a potential extra‐pair male and his mate (Petrie & Kempenaers ; Westneat & Stewart ; Canal, Jovani & Potti ). However, most studies investigating patterns of extra‐pair mating focused on either male or female extra‐pair behaviour.…”

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Spatial patterns of extra‐pair paternity: beyond paternity gains and losses

Schlicht

Vâlcu

Kempenaers

2014

Journal of Animal Ecology

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Summary1. Most studies on extra-pair paternity (EPP) focus either on a specific male's extra-pair gains or his extra-pair losses. For an individual bird however, mate choice or mate availability may underlie strong spatial restrictions. Disregarding this spatial aspect may underestimate or mask effects of parameters influencing observed EPP patterns. 2. Here, we propose a spatially explicit model for investigating the probability of having extra-pair offspring (EPO) within local networks of breeding pairs. The data set includes all realized and unrealized potential extra-pair matings. This method is biologically meaningful because it allows (a) considering both members of an extra-pair mating and their social mates, and (b) direct modelling of the spatial context in which extra-pair behaviour occurs. The method has the advantage that it can provide inference about the relative contribution of spatial and non-spatial parameters, and about the relative importance of male and female neighbourhoods. 3. We apply this method to parentage data from 1025 broods collected over 12 breeding seasons in two independent study populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). We investigate a set of predictions based on the EPP literature, namely that EPP depends on male age and body size, breeding density and breeding synchrony. In all analyses, we control for breeding distance, a parameter that is expected to influence EPP even under random mating. 4. The results show that older and larger males were more likely to sire EPO, but both effects decreased with increasing breeding distance. Local breeding density but not synchrony predicted whether a particular male-female combination had EPO, at least in one of the study areas. Apart from breeding distance, male age had the strongest effect on EPP, followed by a measure of breeding density. The method thus allows a comprehensive assessment of the relative importance of different types of spatial and non-spatial parameters to explain variation in the occurrence of EPP, while controlling for the fact that individuals that breed further apart are less likely to have EPO. 5. The proposed approach is not limited to investigate EPP, but can be applied to other behavioural interactions between two individuals, such as dominance, competition and (social) mating.

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“…, ; Freeman‐Gallant et al . ; Canal, Jovani & Potti ). This is expected even under random mating, as long as neighbouring individuals have a higher chance to meet.…”

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Spatial patterns of extra‐pair paternity: beyond paternity gains and losses

Schlicht

Vâlcu

Kempenaers

2014

Journal of Animal Ecology

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“…Early-breeding males usually pursue extra-pair copulations after the onset of their social mate’s egg laying [92] because they might have already solved the conflict over paternity [93]. Paternity success in a male's own brood may depend on the efficiency of its paternity assurance strategies and its social mate’s willingness to engage in extra-pair copulation [94].…”

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Low level of extra-pair paternity between nearest neighbors results from female preference for high-quality males in the yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)

Mingju

Gong

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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Extra-pair copulation is considered to be a means by which females can modify their initial mate choice, and females might obtain indirect benefits to offspring fitness by engaging in this behavior. Here, we examined the patterns of extra-pair paternity and female preferences in the yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia). We found that female yellow-rumped flycatchers are more likely to choose larger and relatively highly heterozygous males than their social mates as extra-pair mates, that the genetic similarity of pairs that produced mixed-paternity offspring did not differ from the similarity of pairs producing only within-pair offspring, and that extra-pair offspring were more heterozygous than their half-siblings. These findings support the good genes hypothesis but do not exclude the compatibility hypothesis. Most female yellow-rumped flycatchers attained extra-pair paternity with distant males rather than their nearest accessible neighboring males, and no differences in genetic and phenotypic characteristics were detected between cuckolded males and their nearest neighbors. There was no evidence that extra-pair mating by female flycatchers reduced inbreeding. Moreover, breeding density, breeding synchrony and their interaction did not affect the occurrence of extra-pair paternity in this species. Our results suggest that the variation in extra-pair paternity distribution between nearest neighbors in some passerine species might result from female preference for highly heterozygous males.

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“…For example, spatial and temporal availability of potential extra‐pair partners should be considered (Schlicht et al ). Extra‐pair males are often neighbors (Smith , Neudorf et al , Mays and Ritchison , Pedersen et al ), but it is not always the case; extra‐pair males can also come from distant territories (Woolfenden et al , Canal et al ). The factors that influence the distance between social and extra‐pair nests have yet to be elucidated and need further investigation.…”

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Female collared flycatchers choose neighbouring and older extra‐pair partners from the pool of males around their nests

Edme

Munclinger

Krist

2016

Journal of Avian Biology

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Extra‐pair copulation is common among passerine birds. Females might engage in this behavior to obtain direct or indirect benefits. They may choose extra‐pair males with larger ornaments, especially if they are costly to produce. Here we studied extra‐pair paternity in the collared flycatcher. Genetic analysis allowed us to identify the presence or absence of extra‐pair young in the focal nests, and to identify extra‐pair fathers. We also identified potential males available as extra‐pair sires around the nests of females who had extra‐pair young. First, we tested the relationship between paternity in own nest and ornament size (wing patch and/or forehead patch), morphological traits and age of social males and females. Second, we compared the same suite of traits among social mates, extra‐pair males and all potential extra‐pair mates. Finally, we investigated the effect of the size of ornaments on the distance between the social nest and that of nest the extra‐pair father. Contrary to our prediction, males with larger ornaments and longer wings lost more paternity in their nests. We also found that early breeders lost less paternity in their nests. Extra‐pair males were older and had longer wings than social and potential extra‐pair males. Females mainly obtained extra‐pair mates near their nests but the distance did not vary according to ornamentation. These results could potentially be explained by differences in mate guarding strategy as older males may be more experienced in guarding their mate and attract other females more easily. More data about mate guarding and prospecting are needed to increase our understanding of mechanisms underlying the extra‐pair paternity in birds.

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Male decisions or female accessibility? Spatiotemporal patterns of extra pair paternity in a songbird

Cited by 51 publications

References 73 publications

Spatial patterns of extra‐pair paternity: beyond paternity gains and losses

Spatial patterns of extra‐pair paternity: beyond paternity gains and losses

Low level of extra-pair paternity between nearest neighbors results from female preference for high-quality males in the yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)

Female collared flycatchers choose neighbouring and older extra‐pair partners from the pool of males around their nests

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