Factors affecting site fidelity in a territorial animal,Perithemis tenera

Switzer, Paul

doi:10.1006/anbe.1996.0352

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“…These data suggest that previous mating success has a strong influence on the fidelity of males to their territories or breeding area (and consequently to the traditional location of the lek). This conclusion is similar to that reached for insects by Switzer (1997) and in many species of birds (Weatherhead and Boak 1986;Beletsky and Orians 1987;Bollinger and Gavin 1989;Hepp and Kennamer 1992;Aebischer et al 1995).…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Male and female breeding site fidelity, both within and between mating seasons, has proved to be correlated with previous mating success in different taxa (Weatherhead and Boak 1986;Beletsky and Orians 1987;Bollinger and Gavin 1989;Hepp and Kennamer 1992;Alcock 1993;Aebischer et al 1995;Switzer 1997). A similar tendency in a territorial mating system might thus allow us to predict the loyalty of a male to his territory on the basis of his past mating success.…”

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Mating success and fidelity to territories in a fallow deer lek: a female removal experiment

Apollonio

Scotti

Gosling

2003

Naturwissenschaften

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A lek is a clump of male territories that females visit only for mating; it is quite a rare mating system among mammals. As we wanted to investigate the role of past male mating success on their fidelity to lek territories, we displaced fallow deer females by a lek (Lek A), i.e. we removed the resources for rutting males. They moved to a new area followed by some of the territorial males ('mobile' males) where they established a new lek (Lek B). Other males ('faithful' males) stayed on Lek A. The former had lower mating success and dominance ranking in the early, undisturbed part of the rut. After disturbance, the MS of faithful males was much reduced, while that of mobile males was higher on Lek B than it had been on Lek A. We then disturbed Lek B. Females returned to Lek A, and the mating success of faithful males reverted to its original level. Past mating success was the main factor predicting whether a male was faithful or mobile. We illustrated for the first time the importance of past experience in promoting lek fidelity; this experiment gives an insight into the mechanisms leading to the traditional use of leks.

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confidence: 71%

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confidence: 99%

Mating success and fidelity to territories in a fallow deer lek: a female removal experiment

Apollonio

Scotti

Gosling

2003

Naturwissenschaften

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“…Fidelity to core areas has been less studied and results are contrasting, with animals having either high (Hillen et al 2009;Xu et al 2009) or low fidelity (Easley and Kinzey 1986;Hellickson et al 2008). Site fidelity is thought to occur as a result of animals having better spatial knowledge of important food resources (Switzer 1997), breeding sites (Mészáros et al 2006), or safe escape routes (Clarke et al 1993) in familiar areas.…”

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Variability in core areas of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in a tropical dry forest in Costa Rica

2011

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Core areas are highly used parts of the home range on which the survival of solitary or group-living animals depends. We investigated the home range and core area size and area fidelity of a spider monkey community in a tropical dry forest over a 4-year period. Home ranges overlapped extensively across years, subgroup sizes, and seasons. In contrast, spider monkeys used core areas that varied in size and location across the study years, subgroup sizes, and seasons. These shifts in core areas suggest that the understanding of core areas, and thus the spatial requirements, of a species in a particular habitat may be limited if based on short-term studies. In this respect, our findings emphasize the importance of long-term studies of the spatial ecology of any species in a particular habitat. Our study also shows that the yearly home range basically includes all the core areas from different years, seasons, and subgroup sizes (i.e., the super-core area). This is conceptually important for territorial species, such as spider monkeys, which defend a stable home range as it contains not only the current, but also the future core areas.

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“…When the current location is very profitable or when individuals have a high fidelity to their territory [73], relocation is less likely to occur. Aside from species-specific characteristics, the costs and benefits of relocation are generally determined by the scale of the event [74].…”

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Coping with Change: A Closer Look at the Underlying Attributes of Change and the Individual Response to Unstable Environments

Langenhof

Komdeur

2013

Sustainability

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Abstract:Although the study of environmental change has long been of academic interest, the effects of change have become a much more pressing concern in the past few decades due to the often disruptive effect of human expansion and innovation. Researchers from many fields contribute to understanding our footprint on the natural world, problems we cause, and strategies we can employ to protect key species and ecosystems. Unfortunately, environmental change and its consequences are often studied without an awareness of the inherent attributes of the changes. As a result, the relevance of new advances in this field may be easily missed or misunderstood, and existing knowledge is not optimally applied. In this paper, we aim to facilitate the multi-disciplinary comparison of studies on environmental change, by offering a meta-level perspective on the process of change from the point of view of the individual animal. We propose an inclusive definition of change that can be applied across contexts, in which we take our understanding of -change‖ from an event to an interaction between a physical occurrence and an individual's state. Furthermore, we discuss key event-and individual-based attributes of change, their relevance in today's changing world, and how they relate to animals' available behavioural, physiological and cross-generational responses. We hope that by uncovering the underlying fundamental (or structure) of change, fellow scientists may better share their experience and knowledge gained from years of studying individual species and situations.

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Factors affecting site fidelity in a territorial animal,Perithemis tenera

Cited by 88 publications

References 40 publications

Mating success and fidelity to territories in a fallow deer lek: a female removal experiment

Mating success and fidelity to territories in a fallow deer lek: a female removal experiment

Variability in core areas of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in a tropical dry forest in Costa Rica

Coping with Change: A Closer Look at the Underlying Attributes of Change and the Individual Response to Unstable Environments

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