Female mate preference to maximize paternal care: A two-step game

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 996-1027

  Harada, Yuko ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE GUARDING; MATE PREFERENCE; MONOGAMY; PATERNAL CARE; POLYANDRY;

EID: 0029661336     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285890     Document Type: Review

References (75)

1. Alatalo, R. V., K. Gottlander, and A. Lundberg. 1987. Extra-pair copulations and mate guarding in the polyterritorial pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca. Behaviour 101:139-155.
2. Altmann, J., S. A. Altmann, and G. Hausfater. 1978. Primate infant's effects on mother's future reproduction. Science (Washington, D.C.) 201:1028-1030.
3. Andersson, M. 1994. Sexual selection. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
4. Arcese, P. 1989. Intrasexual competition and the mating system in primarily monogamous birds: the case of the song sparrow. Animal Behaviour 38:96-111.
5. Basar, T., and G. J. Olsder. 1982. Dynamic noncooperative game theory. Academic Press, New York.
6. Bell, G., and V. Koufopanou. 1986. The cost of reproduction. Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology 3:83-131.
7. Birkhead, T. R., and A. P. Møller. 1992. Sperm competition in birds: evolutionary causes and consequences. Academic Press, London.
8. Birkhead, T. R., J. E. Pellatt, and F. M. Hunter. 1988. Extra-pair copulation and sperm competition in the zebra finch. Nature (London) 334:60-62.
9. Birkhead, T. R., T. Burke, R. Zann, F. M. Hunter, and A. P. Krupa. 1990. Extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in wild zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata, revealed by DNA fingerprinting. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:315-324.
10. Björklund, M., and B. Westman. 1983. Extra-pair copulations in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 13:271-275.
11. Björklund, M., A. P. Møller, J. Sundberg, and B. Westman. 1991. Female great tit Parus major avoid extra-pair copulation attempts. Animal Behaviour 43:691-693.
12. Buitron, D. 1983. Extra-pair courtship in black-billed magpies. Animal Behaviour 31:211-220.
13. Burke, T., N. B. Davies, M. W. Bruford, and B. J. Hatchwell. 1989. Paternal care and mating behaviour of polyandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis related to paternity by DNA fingerprinting. Nature (London) 338:249-251.
14. Clutton-Brock, T. H. 1991. The evolution of parental care. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
15. Craig, J. L. 1984. Are communal pukeko caught in the prisoner's dilemma? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 14:147-150.
16. Crook, J. R., and W. M. Shield. 1985. Sexually selected infanticide by adult male barn swallows. Animal Behaviour 33:754-761.
17. Davies, N. B. 1985. Cooperation and conflict among dunnocks, Prunella modularis, in a variable mating system. Animal Behaviour 33:628-648.
18. _. 1986. Reproductive success of dunnocks Prunella modularis in a variable mating system. I. Factors influencing provisioning rate, nestling weight and fledging success. Journal of Animal Ecology 55:123-138.
19. _. 1991. Mating systems. Pages 263-294 in J. R. Krebs and N. B. Davies, eds. Behavioural ecology: an evolutionary approach. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
20. _. 1992. Dunnock behaviour and social evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
21. Davies, N. B., and A. Lundberg. 1984. Food distribution and a variable mating system in the dunnock, Prunella modularis. Journal of Animal Ecology 53:895-912.
22. Davies, N. B., B. J. Hatchwell, T. Robson, and T. Burke. 1992. Paternity and parental effort in dunnocks: how good are chick-feeding rules? Animal Behaviour 43:729-745.
23. Emlen, S. T., and L. W. Oring. 1977. Ecology, sexual selection, and the evolution of mating systems. Science (Washington, D.C.) 197:215-233.
24. Faaborg, J., and C. B. Patterson. 1981. The characteristics and occurrence of cooperative polyandry. Auk 123:477-484.
25. Faaborg, J., T. J. de Vies, C. B. Patterson, and C. R. Griffin. 1980. Preliminary observations on the occurrence and evolution of polyandry in the Galapagos hawk Buteo galapagoensis. Auk 97:581-590.
26. Fisher, R. A. 1915. The evolution of sexual preference. Eugenics Review 7:115-123.
27. Goldstein, M. C. 1971. Stratification, polyandry, and family structure in central Tibet. Southwest Journal of Anthropology 27:64-74.
28. Hamilton, W. D., and M. Zuk. 1982. Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a rôle for parasites? Science (Washington, D.C.) 218:384-387.
29. Harper, D. G. C. 1984. Economics of foraging and territoriality in the European robin Erithacus rubecula. Ph.D. diss. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
30. Houston, A. I., and N. B. Davies. 1985. The evolution of cooperation and life history in the dunnock Prunella modularis. Pages 471-487 in R. M. Sibly and R. H. Smith, eds. Behavioural ecology: ecological consequences of adaptive behaviour. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
31. Hrdy, S. B. 1977. The langurs of Abu: female and male strategies of reproduction. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
32. _. 1979. Infanticide among animals: a review, classification, and examination of the implications for reproductive strategies of females. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:13-40.
33. Iwasa, Y., and A. Pomiankowski. 1994. Evolution of mate preferences for multiple sexual ornaments. Evolution 48:853-867.
34. Iwasa, Y., A. Pomiankowski, and S. Nee. 1991. The evolution of costly mate preferences. II. The handicap principle. Evolution 45:1431-1442.
35. Joste, N., J. D. Ligon, and P. B. Stacey. 1985. Shared paternity in the acorn woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 17:39-41.
36. Kirkpatrick, M. 1982. Sexual selection and the evolution of female choice. Evolution 36:1-12.
37. Lack, D. 1968. Ecological adaptations for breeding in birds. Methuen, London.
38. Lande, R. 1981. Sexual dimorphism, sexual selection and adaptation in polygenic characters. Evolution 34:292-305.
39. Lessells, C. M. 1991. The evolution of life histories. Pages 32-68 in J. R. Krebs and N. B. Davies, eds. Behavioural ecology: an evolutionary approach. 3d ed. Blackwell, Oxford.
40. Lifjeld, J. T., and R. J. Robertson. 1992. Female control of extra-pair fertilization in tree swallows. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31:89-96.
41. Malcolm, J. R., and K. Marten. 1982. Natural selection and the communal rearing of pups in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 10:1-13.
42. Maynard Smith, J. 1977. Parental investment: a prospective analysis. Animal Behaviour 25:1-9.
43. _. 1982. Evolution and the theory of games. Cambridge University Press, London.
44. Maynard Smith, J., and M. G. Ridpath. 1972. Wife sharing in the Tasmanian native hen, Tribonyx mortieri: a case of kin selection? American Naturalist 106:447-452.
45. Møller, A. P. 1985. Mixed reproductive strategy and mate guarding in a semi-colonial passerine, the swallow Hirundo rustica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 17:401-408.
46. _. 1986. Mating systems among European passerines: a review. Ibis 128:234-250.
47. _. 1987. Mate guarding in swallow Hirundo rustica: an experimental study. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 21:119-123.
48. _. 1988. Infanticidal and anti-infanticidal strategies in the swallow Hirundo rustica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22:365-71.
49. _. 1990. Sexual behavior is related to badge size in the house sparrow Passer domesticus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:23-29.
50. _. 1994. Sexual selection and the barn swallow. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
51. Møller, A. P., and T. R. Birkhead. 1993. Certainty of paternity covaries with parental care in birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33:261-268.
52. Motro, U. 1989. Should a parasite expose itself? Some theoretical aspects of begging and vigilance behavior. Journal of Theoretical Biology 140:279-287.
53. _. 1994. Evolutionary and continuous stability in asymmetric games with continuous strategy sets: the parental investment conflict as an example. American Naturalist 144:229-241.
54. Orians, G. H. 1969. On the evolution of mating systems in birds and mammals. American Naturalist 103:589-603.
55. Oring, L. W. 1982. Avian mating systems. Pages 1-92 in D. Farner, J. King, and K. Parkes, eds. Avian biology. Vol. 6. Academic Press, New York.
56. Pomiankowski, A., and Y. Iwasa. 1993. Evolution of multiple sexual ornaments by Fisher's process of sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 253:173-181.
57. Pomiankowski, A., Y. Iwasa, and S. Nee. 1991. The evolution of costly mate preferences. I. Fisher and biased mutation. Evolution 45:1244-1230.
58. Ridley, M. 1983. The explanation of organic diversity. Clarendon, Oxford.
59. Rubenstein, D. I., and R. W. Wrangham. 1986. Sociobiology: origins and trends. Pages 3-17 in D. I. Rubenstein and R. W. Wrangham, eds. Ecological aspects of social evolution. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
60. Sjerps, M., and P. Haccou. 1993. Information determines the optimal clutch sizes of competing insects: Stackelberg versus Nash game. Journal of Theoretical Biology 163:473-483.
61. Sozou, P. D., and A. I. Houston. 1994. Parental effort in a mating system involving two males and two females. Journal of Theoretical Biology 171:251-266.
62. Stacey, P. B. 1982. Female promiscuity and male reproductive success in social birds and mammals. American Naturalist 120:51-64.
63. Terborgh, J., and A. W. Goldizen. 1985. On the mating system of the cooperatively breeding saddle-backed tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16:293-299.
64. Trivers, R. L. 1972. Parental investment and sexual selection. Pages 136-179 in B. Campbell, ed. Sexual selection and the descent of man. Aldine, Chicago.
65. Wagner, R. H. 1991. The use of extra-pair copulations for mate appraisal by razorbills, Alca tarda. Behavioral Ecology 2:198-203.
66. Westneat, D. F. 1987a. Extra-pair copulations in a predominantly monogamous bird: observations of behaviour. Animal Behaviour 35:865-876.
67. _. 19876. Extra-pair fertilizations in a predominantly monogamous bird: genetic evidence. Animal Behaviour 35:877-886.
68. Westneat, D. F., and P. W. Sherman. 1993. Parentage and the evolution of parental behavior. Behavioral Ecology 4:66-77.
69. Westneat, D. F., P. W. Sherman, and M. L. Morton. 1990. The ecology and evolution of extrapair copulation in birds. Current Ornithology 7:331-369.
70. Wetton, J. H., R. E. Carter, D. T. Parkin, and D. Walters. 1987. Demographic study of a wild house sparrow population by DNA fingerprinting. Nature (London) 327:147-149.
71. Whittingham, L. A., P. D. Taylor, and R. J. Robertson. 1992. Confidence of paternity and male parental care. American Naturalist 139:1115-1125.
72. Whittingham, L. A., P. O. Dunn, and R. J. Robertson. 1993. Confidence of paternity and male parental care: an experimental study in tree swallows. Animal Behaviour 46:139-147.
73. Wittenberger, J. F. 1980. Group size and polygamy in social mammals. American Naturalist 115:197-222.
74. Yamamura, N. 1987. A model on correlation between precopulatory guarding and short receptivity to copulation. Journal of Theoretical Biology 127:171-180.
75. Zahavi, A. 1975. Mate selection - a selection for a handicap. Journal of Theoretical Biology 53:205-214.