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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilizations before dawn |
Author: | Cockburn, A. Dalziell, A.H. Blackmore, C.J. Double, M.C. Kokko, H. Osmond, H.L. Beck, N.R. Head, M.L. Wells, K. |
Citation: | Behavioral Ecology, 2009; 20(3):501-510 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 1045-2249 1465-7279 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Andrew Cockburn, Anastasia H. Dalziell, Caroline J. Blackmore, Michael C. Double, Hanna Kokko, Helen L. Osmond, Nadeena R. Beck, Megan L. Head, and Konstans Wells |
Abstract: | Female superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus initiate extragroup fertilizations by forays to the territory of preferred males, just before sunrise, 2–4 days before egg laying. Over a prolonged breeding season, males advertise their availability to foraying females by singing during the dawn chorus. Here, we show that 1) males commence dawn advertisement at the same time of the year regardless of their quality or status; 2) subordinate males advertise by singing in close proximity to the dominant, or by using the dominant's song perch, despite inevitable punishment; 3) low-quality dominants and their helpers sing from the boundary of their own territory, which increases their proximity to attractive neighboring dominants; 4) each spatial cluster of males use a common dialect of a song that is implicated in extragroup choice, despite the ability of individual males to sing several dialects; and 5) there is leakage of paternity to lower-quality helpers and neighbors as a result of their “satellite” behavior. Collectively, these data suggest that Wagner's hidden lek hypothesis (Wagner RA, 1998. Hidden leks: sexual selection and the clustering of avian territories. In: Parker PG, Burley NT, editors. Avian reproductive tactics: female and male perspectives. Ornithological Monographs No. 49. Allen Press. p. 123–145) can be extended to birds that defend year-round all-purpose territories and that mating induced by parasitic behavior of low-quality satellites can be one explanation for polyandry in birds. |
Keywords: | cooperative breeding; dawn chorus; extrapair copulation; hidden lek; Malurus; polyandry; song dialect |
Rights: | © 2009 The Author |
DOI: | 10.1093/beheco/arp024 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp024 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications |
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