Sperm competition risk affects male mate choice copying

Bierbach, David; Kronmarck, Claudia; Hennige-Schulz, Carmen; Stadler, Stefan; Plath, Martin

doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1177-3

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“…We asked if individual focal males would spend more time associating with the previously rejected female of a pair of stimulus females after focal males had been able to observe another (model) male consort the rejected female. Previous studies confirmed that information obtained during MCC can indeed weaken or override intrinsic preferences for certain phenotypes during female [26,[36][37][38] and male mate choice [14,[31][32][33][34].…”

Section: Male Mate Choice Copyingmentioning

confidence: 56%

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Does Individual Variation in Male Mate Choice Copying Reflect Differences in Social Responsiveness?

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Chen³

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“…More recent studies, however, have started to acknowledge that also males copy the mate choice of other males [9]. Examples of male MCC come from an array of species, including a sex-role reversed pipefish, sticklebacks, darters and especially live bearing fishes [14,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

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Does Individual Variation in Male Mate Choice Copying Reflect Differences in Social Responsiveness?

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Li²,

Chen³

et al. 2017

Ann Bio Sci

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“…Many mating preferences are innate [1]; still, various extrinsic factors (ecological constraints) may affect individual mating decisions [8-10], such as altered possibilities for mate quality assessment due to increased costs of mate searching [11,12]. Additionally, the social environment of the choosing individual is known to affect the strength [13-17] or even the direction of mating preferences [18-20]. …”

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Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects

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BackgroundIn many species males face a higher predation risk than females because males display elaborate traits that evolved under sexual selection, which may attract not only females but also predators. Females are, therefore, predicted to avoid such conspicuous males under predation risk. The present study was designed to investigate predator-induced changes of female mating preferences in Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Males of this species show a pronounced polymorphism in body size and coloration, and females prefer large, colorful males in the absence of predators.ResultsIn dichotomous choice tests predator-naïve (lab-reared) females altered their initial preference for larger males in the presence of the cichlid Cichlasoma salvini, a natural predator of P. mexicana, and preferred small males instead. This effect was considerably weaker when females were confronted visually with the non-piscivorous cichlid Vieja bifasciata or the introduced non-piscivorous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). In contrast, predator experienced (wild-caught) females did not respond to the same extent to the presence of a predator, most likely due to a learned ability to evaluate their predators' motivation to prey.ConclusionsOur study highlights that (a) predatory fish can have a profound influence on the expression of mating preferences of their prey (thus potentially affecting the strength of sexual selection), and females may alter their mate choice behavior strategically to reduce their own exposure to predators. (b) Prey species can evolve visual predator recognition mechanisms and alter their mate choice only when a natural predator is present. (c) Finally, experiential effects can play an important role, and prey species may learn to evaluate the motivational state of their predators.

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“…We argue that this male behavior still offers advantages even if the preferred female flees: on the one hand, a pattern of last male sperm precedence was uncovered in guppies 22, 80 , which renders mate choice copying a profitable option for the eavesdropping (copying) male 10 . However, the longer the time between copulations by the first and second male in the mating trials conducted by Evans and Magurran 80 , the higher the proportion of offspring fathered by the first male was.…”

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Casanovas are liars: behavioral syndromes, sperm competition risk, and the evolution of deceptive male mating behavior in live-bearing fishes

et al. 2013

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Sperm competition risk affects male mate choice copying

Cited by 35 publications

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Does Individual Variation in Male Mate Choice Copying Reflect Differences in Social Responsiveness?

Does Individual Variation in Male Mate Choice Copying Reflect Differences in Social Responsiveness?

Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects

Casanovas are liars: behavioral syndromes, sperm competition risk, and the evolution of deceptive male mating behavior in live-bearing fishes

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