Phylogenetic Patterns of Parental Care in Calidridine Sandpipers

Borowik, Oksana A.; McLennan, Deborah A.

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“…In fact, we repeated all analyses using the original calidrine phylogeny embedded in the tree shown here, and found no differences in the results (not shown). Furthermore, although we provide only the results from the maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Borowik and McLennan (1999), tests with their maximum-parsimony tree also produced consistent results with the ones shown. Thus, although the phylogeny is still in a state of flux, our results are robust for the phylogenetic hypotheses that have been published to date.…”

Section: Data and Phylogenysupporting

confidence: 73%

“…363-365). Borowik and McLennan (1999) have recently proposed two new phylogenetic hypotheses for calidrine sandpipers, based on molecular evidence. We understand that work is continuing in this clade, but we have adopted their provisional hypotheses and used them to replace Baker's (1992) earlier calidrine phylogeny, which had been used by Reynolds and Székely (1997).…”

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Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds, Gulls, and Alcids: The Influence of Sexual and Natural Selection

2000

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Abstract. Charadrii (shorebirds, gulls, and alcids) have an unusual diversity in their sexual size dimorphism, ranging from monomorphism to either male-biased or female-biased dimorphism. We use comparative analyses to investigate whether this variation relates to sexual selection through competition for mates or natural selection through different use of resources by males and females. As predicted by sexual selection theory, we found that in taxa with socially polygynous mating systems, males were relatively larger than females compared with less polygynous species. Furthermore, evolution toward socially polyandrous mating systems was correlated with decreases in relative male size. These patterns depend on the kinds of courtship displays performed by males. In taxa with acrobatic flight displays, males are relatively smaller than in taxa in which courtship involves simple flights or displays from the ground. This result remains significant when the relationship with mating system is controlled statistically, thereby explaining the enigma of why males are often smaller than females in socially monogamous species. We did not find evidence that evolutionary changes in sexual dimorphism relate to niche division on the breeding grounds. In particular, biparental species did not have greater dimorphism in bill lengths than uniparental species, contrary to the hypothesis that selection for ecological divergence on the breeding grounds has been important as a general explanation for patterns of bill dimorphism. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that sexual selection has had a major influence on sexual size dimorphism in Charadrii, whereas divergence in the use of feeding resources while breeding was not supported by our analyses.Key words. Charadrii, display behavior, niche division, sexual selection, size dimorphism, waders.Received May 25, 1999. Accepted March 7, 2000 Differences between males and females in body size are striking in many animals. Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain sexual size dimorphism (reviewed by Hedrick and Temeles 1989;Shine 1989;Mueller 1990;Andersson 1994). Sexual selection was proposed originally by Darwin (1871). In particular, if competition between members of one sex (typically males) is more intense than between members of the other sex, then sexual selection is expected to lead to larger size in the more competitive sex. The selective advantage of body size, however, may depend on whether the competition occurs on the ground or in the air (Payne 1984;Jehl and Murray 1986;Hö glund 1989). In particular, if males fight on the ground, then large size may be selectively advantageous, whereas if competition occurs in the air, then small males may benefit from enhanced maneuverability (Andersson and Norberg 1981). This may help males compete for territories, and females may prefer the most acrobatic males (Hedenströ m and Møller 1992;Grønstøl 1996;Hakkarainen et al. 1996).Natural selection due to ecological differences between the sexes is an alternative to sexual ...

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Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds, Gulls, and Alcids: The Influence of Sexual and Natural Selection

2000

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“…Root states were assigned state 0, and derived states were assigned state 1. We base these choices on previous studies (Székely and Reynolds 1995;Borowik and McLennan 1999;Reynolds et al 2002) and on outgroup comparison with the Falconidae (the group with which the Charadriiformes share the closest common ancestor according to the phylogenetic hypothesis of Sibley and Ahlquist 1990). These root states are consistent with maximum-likelihood estimates of root states made using DISCRETE (Pagel 1994).…”

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Evolutionary Pathways in Shorebird Breeding Systems: Sexual Conflict, Parental Care, and Chick Development

Thomas

Székely

2005

Evolution

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Abstract. Sexual selection, mating opportunities, and parental behavior are interrelated, although the specific nature of these relationships is controversial. Two major hypotheses have been suggested. The parental investment hypothesis states that the relative parental investment of the sexes drives the operation of sexual selection. Thus, the sex that invests less in offspring care competes more intensely and monopolizes access to mates. The sexual conflict hypothesis proposes that sexual selection (the competition among both males and females for mates), mating opportunities, and parental behavior are interrelated and predicts a feedback loop between mating systems and parental care. Here we test both hypotheses using a comprehensive dataset of shorebirds, a maximum-likelihood statistical technique, and a recent supertree of extant shorebirds and allies. Shorebirds are an excellent group for these analyses because they display unique variation in parental care and social mating system. First, we show that chick development constrains the evolution of both parental care and mate competition, because transitions toward more precocial offspring preceded transitions toward reduced parental care and social polygamy. Second, changes in care and mating systems respond to one another, most likely because both influenced and are influenced by mating opportunities. Taken together, our results are more consistent with the sexual conflict hypothesis than the parental investment hypothesis.

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“…Dunlin (Calidris alpina; Genbank AY156135, 156159) was used as an outgroup in both of the phylogenetic analyses, because morphological and molecular evidences have historically suggested that it is the closest living relative of rock and purple sandpipers (American Ornithologists' Union, 1910;Borowik, 1996;Borowik and McLennan, 1999). Also, curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea; Genbank AY156136, 156160) was used as a more distant outgroup.…”

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“…First, because both morphological (Gill et al, 2003) and molecular (Borowik, 1996;Borowik and McLennan, 1999) evidence has shown that purple sandpipers (Calidris maritima) are probably the sister taxon or closest extant relative of rock sandpipers, it is possible to examine whether the Wisconsin glacial cycles caused recent speciation between these two taxa. These two species are very similar morphologically, and at one time were considered to be the same species ('Arquatella' maritima; American Ornithologists' Union, 1910).…”

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Biological Impacts of Climatic Change on a Beringian Endemic: Cryptic Refugia in the Establishment and Differentiation of the Rock Sandpiper (Calidris Ptilocnemis)

Pruett

Winker

2005

Climatic Change

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Abstract. The importance of climatic change on the establishment and differentiation of high-latitude species is largely unknown. Biological effects of historic climate change can be determined from historic signals in genetic data. The rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) is a good test case for examining these biological effects because it has a known sister species, the purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima), and it is the only endemic Beringian bird with multiple described subspecies, suggesting a process of initial establishment and subsequent differentiation in the high-latitude regions of Beringia. We sequenced 2,074 bp of mitochondrial DNA from 40 rock sandpipers from nine breeding locations and four purple sandpipers. We used phylogenetic and coalescence methods to reconstruct trees and to evaluate the population demography, migration rates, and relative times of population divergence. Phylogenetic trees show that purple and rock sandpipers are monophyletic sister species. Within the rock sandpiper, clade branching patterns and coalescence estimates suggest that there were multiple refugial populations in Beringia, which correspond loosely to different glacial cycles. Rock sandpipers show the establishment, persistence, and accumulation of partitioned genetic diversity across several glacial cycles, implicating the presence of multiple cryptic biological refugia in this region through repeated cycles of climate change.

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Phylogenetic Patterns of Parental Care in Calidridine Sandpipers

Cited by 31 publications

References 56 publications

Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds, Gulls, and Alcids: The Influence of Sexual and Natural Selection

Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds, Gulls, and Alcids: The Influence of Sexual and Natural Selection

Evolutionary Pathways in Shorebird Breeding Systems: Sexual Conflict, Parental Care, and Chick Development

Biological Impacts of Climatic Change on a Beringian Endemic: Cryptic Refugia in the Establishment and Differentiation of the Rock Sandpiper (Calidris Ptilocnemis)

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