The slow and fast life histories of early birds and night owls: their future- or present-orientation accounts for their sexually monogamous or promiscuous tendencies

Ponzi, Davidé; Henry, Andrea; Kubicki, Konrad; Nickels, Nora; Wilson, M. Claire; Maestripieri, Dario

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.09.008

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“…More particularly, while slow life strategy is suggested to be associated with future orientation, fast life history strategy might rather be associated with presentoriented time perspectives (Del Giudice, 2014). In line with this, in a recent study, future time perspective was found to be a significant indicator of long-term mating orientation and less sexual experiences, whereas present orientation was associated with short-term mating orientation and with more sexual experiences (Ponzi et al, 2015). In addition, the exposure to harsh, unpredictable environments in childhood was shown to make individuals more present-oriented (Kruger, Reischl, & Zimmerman, 2008).…”

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Size the day: The time perspectives of the Dark Triad

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Csathó

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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Size the day: The time perspectives of the Dark Triad

Birkás

Csathó

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Specifically, it has been hypothesized that http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.023 0191-8869/Ó 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. eveningness, especially in men, is associated with increased shortterm mating success as measured by the number of lifetime sexual partners (Piffer, 2010;Piffer, Gunawardane, & Custance, 2011;Randler et al, 2012) as well as with unrestricted socio-sexuality and psychometric measures of fast life histories (Ponzi et al, 2014). Despite the association between chronotype and sexual behaviors, it is not clear why evening types may have higher short-term mating success.…”

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Morningness–eveningness and intrasexual competition in men

Ponzi

Henry

Kubicki

et al. 2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Likewise, selection in mice for aggression also yielded a circadian phenotype with shorter circadian periods for aggressive mice [68]. In humans, circadian chronotype has been linked to personality traits and even life-history strategies [69]. In this study, individuals self-characterized as morning-types (or larks) showed evidence for following a 'slow' life history in psychological and behavioural traits while evening-types (owls) were more likely to follow a 'fast' life history with opposing trait combinations.…”

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Timing as a sexually selected trait: the right mate at the right moment

Hau

Dominoni

Casagrande

et al. 2017

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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One contribution of 12 to a theme issue 'Wild clocks: integrating chronobiology and ecology to understand timekeeping in free-living animals'. Sexual selection favours the expression of traits in one sex that attract members of the opposite sex for mating. The nature of sexually selected traits such as vocalization, colour and ornamentation, their fitness benefits as well as their costs have received ample attention in field and laboratory studies. However, sexually selected traits may not always be expressed: coloration and ornaments often follow a seasonal pattern and behaviours may be displayed only at specific times of the day. Despite the widely recognized differences in the daily and seasonal timing of traits and their consequences for reproductive success, the actions of sexual selection on the temporal organization of traits has received only scant attention. Drawing on selected examples from bird and mammal studies, here we summarize the current evidence for the daily and seasonal timing of traits. We highlight that molecular advances in chronobiology have opened exciting new opportunities for identifying the genetic targets that sexual selection may act on to shape the timing of trait expression. Furthermore, known genetic links between daily and seasonal timing mechanisms lead to the hypothesis that selection on one timescale may simultaneously also affect the other. We emphasize that studies on the timing of sexual displays of both males and females from wild populations will be invaluable for understanding the nature of sexual selection and its potential to act on differences within and between the sexes in timing. Molecular approaches will be important for pinpointing genetic components of biological rhythms that are targeted by sexual selection, and to clarify whether these represent core or peripheral components of endogenous clocks. Finally, we call for a renewed integration of the fields of evolution, behavioural ecology and chronobiology to tackle the exciting question of how sexual selection contributes to the evolution of biological clocks.This article is part of the themed issue 'Wild clocks: integrating chronobiology and ecology to understand timekeeping in free-living animals'.

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The slow and fast life histories of early birds and night owls: their future- or present-orientation accounts for their sexually monogamous or promiscuous tendencies

Cited by 24 publications

References 55 publications

Size the day: The time perspectives of the Dark Triad

Size the day: The time perspectives of the Dark Triad

Morningness–eveningness and intrasexual competition in men

Timing as a sexually selected trait: the right mate at the right moment

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