Manipulating the perceived opportunity to cheat: an experimental test of the active roles of male and female zebra finches in mate guarding behavior

Wilson, Leah C.; Swaddle, John P.

doi:10.1007/s00265-013-1532-7

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“…Studies of nonhuman species have shown that variability in polygyny and mate guarding often coincides with skewed sex ratios and/or female geographical dispersion (e.g., Jormalainen et al, ; Latty, ; Parker, ; Weir et al, ; Wilson & Swaddle, ). Polygyny is more likely to occur when female partners are abundant and accessible in the local mating environment, whereas under conditions of relative mate scarcity, monogamy may evolve as a competitive strategy meant to improve reproductive fitness (e.g., Wittenberger & Tilson, ).…”

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Men's sociosexuality is sensitive to changes in mate availability

Arnocky

Woodruff

Schmitt

2016

Personal Relationships

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Correlational research has linked mate availability to human sexual behavior, whereby unrestricted sociosexuality seems to be most common under conditions of female abundance. In this study, 71 heterosexual men were randomly assigned to one of two mate availability priming conditions, mate scarcity or mate abundance, and subsequently completed measures of sociosexuality as well as infidelity intentions. Results indicated that men in the mate abundance condition reported stronger sociosexual attitudes and desires, and among those currently in relationships, stronger infidelity intentions. These findings were contrasted with those from a separate sample of 66 heterosexual undergraduate women. Mate scarcity had no effects on women's sociosexuality or infidelity intentions. Findings suggest that when mates are scarce, men will adopt a sociosexual orientation aimed at maintaining a single partner.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Men's sociosexuality is sensitive to changes in mate availability

Arnocky

Woodruff

Schmitt

2016

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“…Second, male mate guarding may trade-off with nest construction, early incubation, or nest protection ( Safari and Goymann 2018 ). Third, for both sexes, mate guarding might trade-off with the pursuit of extrapair copulations ( Hasselquist and Bensch 1991 ; Dickinson 1997 ; Wilson and Swaddle 2013 ). Males may adjust their investment in mate guarding depending on opportunities to sire extrapair young and on the risk of losing paternity in their own nest ( Johnsen and Lifjeld 1995 ; Kokko and Morrell 2005 ; Wilson and Swaddle 2013 ).…”

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“…Third, for both sexes, mate guarding might trade-off with the pursuit of extrapair copulations ( Hasselquist and Bensch 1991 ; Dickinson 1997 ; Wilson and Swaddle 2013 ). Males may adjust their investment in mate guarding depending on opportunities to sire extrapair young and on the risk of losing paternity in their own nest ( Johnsen and Lifjeld 1995 ; Kokko and Morrell 2005 ; Wilson and Swaddle 2013 ). Similarly, females may try to evade mate guarding if they benefit from obtaining extrapair copulations (which remains unclear: Forstmeier et al 2014 ; Brouwer and Griffith 2019 ).…”

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Mutual mate guarding with limited sexual conflict in a sex-role-reversed shorebird

Krietsch,

Valcu,

Cragnolini

et al. 2023

Behavioral Ecology

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Mate guarding is typically considered a male strategy to protect paternity. However, under some circumstances, females might also benefit from guarding their mate. Female mate guarding might be particularly important in socially polyandrous species in which females compete for access to care-giving males. Because males also benefit from being near their partner to avoid paternity loss, pair members may have a mutual interest in mate guarding in polyandrous species. We studied the time spent together and movements that lead to separation, as behavioral measures of mate guarding, in the classically polyandrous red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius). We equipped 64 breeding pairs with miniaturized telemetry loggers with GPS to assess variation in mate-guarding intensity in relation to breeding phenology and season, nest attendance, and the occurrence of extrapair paternity. We show that red phalarope pairs were almost continuously together in the days before clutch initiation with no sex bias in separation movements, indicating mutual contribution to mate guarding. Our results suggest that in red phalaropes, both pair members guard their mate, with limited sexual conflict arising through biases in the operational sex ratio and a trade-off with male nest attendance. We found no clear relationship between mate-guarding intensity and the occurrence of extrapair paternity. In this non-territorial socially polyandrous species, mutual mate guarding might be the process underlying the evolution of a brief but strong social pair bond, with no other purpose than producing a clutch for a care-giving male.

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“…Mate guarding includes directly guarding a partner from rivals along with threats or aggression towards these rivals. Because only males face paternity uncertainty, most studies of mate guarding (including those in other species) assume males mate guard their female mates and not vice versa (e.g., Birkhead, Johnson, and Nettleship, 1985 ; but for an exception, see Wilson and Swaddle, 2013 ).…”

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Resistance to Mate Guarding Scale in Women: Psychometric Properties

2015

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One individual's actions may affect the evolutionary fitness of another individual. Sexually antagonistic coevolution occurs when one partner's behavior decreases the fitness of the other partner (Rice, 1996). This conflict pressures the other partner to counter these disadvantageous actions. Mate guarding is a mate retention tactic aimed at keeping a partner from cheating. Mate guarding may reduce mate choice, especially for extra pair mates. Therefore, some individuals may resist their partner's mate guarding tactics. We developed a scale to measure resistance to mate guarding and tested it in women (N = 1069). Using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), six theoretically sound factors emerged and explained 69% of the variance. Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed strong support for the six original subscales as well as for the overall scale. The subscales had high reliability. The validity of the Resistance to Mate Guarding Scale was also excellent. Women who stated they used more resistance to mate guarding strategies also indicated that they had partners who mate guarded more, were less invested in their relationships, felt their partners were more controlling, had a more avoidant attachment style, and had a more unrestricted sociosexual orientation.

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Manipulating the perceived opportunity to cheat: an experimental test of the active roles of male and female zebra finches in mate guarding behavior

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

Men's sociosexuality is sensitive to changes in mate availability

Men's sociosexuality is sensitive to changes in mate availability

Mutual mate guarding with limited sexual conflict in a sex-role-reversed shorebird

Resistance to Mate Guarding Scale in Women: Psychometric Properties

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