On the evolution of nest raiding and male defensive behaviour in sticklebacks (Pisces: Gasterosteidae)

Vickery, William L.; Whoriskey, Frederick G.; FitzGerald, Gérard J.

doi:10.1007/bf00300568

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“…However, the OSR may not be fixed for a particular species. Vickery et al (1988) described a tide-pool population of G. aculeatus in which it appears to be females that actively compete for males. Why this situation has arisen is not clear, but may be related to unusually high rates of female egg cannibalism that effectively reduces the rate that males can process young.…”

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confidence: 98%

Experimental analysis of some factors affecting parental expenditure and investment inGasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteidae)

Smith

Wootton

1995

Environ Biol Fish

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Experimental analysis of some factors affecting parental expenditure and investment inGasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteidae)

Smith

Wootton

1995

Environ Biol Fish

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“…Kynard, 1978;Kodric-Brown, 1983;Mrowka, 1987;Keenleyside et aL, 1990). In Gasterosteus aculeatus, parental males counter female egg cannibalism by adopting part of their normal courtship dance (Whoriskey and FitzGerald, 1985;Vickery et al, 1988) or foraging behaviour (Ridgway and McPhail, 1988) to decoy females away from nests holding eggs. In Gasterosteus aculeatus, parental males counter female egg cannibalism by adopting part of their normal courtship dance (Whoriskey and FitzGerald, 1985;Vickery et al, 1988) or foraging behaviour (Ridgway and McPhail, 1988) to decoy females away from nests holding eggs.…”

Section: Parental Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Cannibalism in teleost fish

Smith

Reay

1991

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

412

372

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“…An evolutionary hypothesis to explain the ovo-cannibalism of female sticklebacks was offered by Vickery et al (1988). They developed a model based on the assumption that high-quality males were a limiting resource for females.…”

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Egg cannibalism by sticklebacks: spite or selfishness?

FitzGerald

1992

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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Although it is generally agreed that humans can be spiteful, there are few if any, unambiguous examples of spite by non-human animals. Data are presented suggesting that female threespine sticklebacks show spiteful behaviour. In the field, they seek out conspecific eggs to attack while largely ignoring those of a closelyrelated sympatric species, the blackspotted stickleback. This occurs despite the fact that the latter's nests are more abundant and less well protected. In the laboratory, female threespine sticklebacks attack the eggs of conspecifics more than those of blackspotted sticklebacks, those of sympatric conspecific females more than those of allopatric females, and older eggs more than younger ones. Because there was no evidence of greater energetic or nutritional advantages from eating conspecific rather than heterospecific eggs, or older eggs rather than younger ones, threespine sticklebacks may be spiteful. Alternative proximate and evolutionary hypotheses to explain this discriminant egg-eating are discussed.

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On the evolution of nest raiding and male defensive behaviour in sticklebacks (Pisces: Gasterosteidae)

Cited by 19 publications

References 27 publications

Experimental analysis of some factors affecting parental expenditure and investment inGasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteidae)

Experimental analysis of some factors affecting parental expenditure and investment inGasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteidae)

Cannibalism in teleost fish

Egg cannibalism by sticklebacks: spite or selfishness?

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