Extra-pair mating system of a synchronously breeding tropical songbird

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-78

  Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Morton, Eugene S ^b   Piper, Walter H ^c,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SYNCHRONY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATING SYSTEM; SONGBIRD; TROPICS;

TURDUS GRAYI;

EID: 0031970768     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677343     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Baker, J. R. 1938. The relation between latitude and breeding season in birds. - Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 108: 557-582.
2. Birkhead, T. R. and Biggins, J. D. 1987. Reproductive synchrony and extra-pair copulations in birds. - Ethology 74: 320-334.
3. _ , Hunter, F. M. and Pellat, J. E. 1989. Sperm competition in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata. - Anim. Behav. 38: 935-950.
4. _ and Møller, A. P. 1992. Sperm competition in birds: evolutionary causes and consequences. - Academic Press, London.
5. Dunn, P. O., Whittingham, L. A., Lifjeld, J. T., Robertson, R. J. and Boag, P. T. 1994. Effects of breeding density, synchrony and experience on extra-pair paternity in tree swallows. - Behav. Ecol. 5: 123-129.
6. Fleischer, R. C., Tarr, C., Morton, E. S., Derrickson, K. D. and Sangmeister, A. 1997. Mating system of the Dusky Antbird (Cercomacra tyrannina), a tropical passerine, as assessed by DNA fingerprinting. - Condor 99: 512-514.
7. _ , Tarr, C. and Pratt, T. K. 1994. Genetic structure and mating system in the palila, and endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, as assessed by DNA fingerprinting. - Mol. Ecol. 3: 383-392.
8. Gelter, H. P. and Tegelström, H. 1992. High frequency of extra-pair paternity in Swedish pied flycatchers revealed by allozyme electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 31: 1-8.
9. Gowaty, P. A. and Bridges, W. C. 1991. Behavioral, demographic, and environmental correlates of extra-pair fertilizations in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis. - Behav. Ecol. 2:339-350.
10. Hasselquist, D., Bensch, S. and von Schantz, T. 1996. Correlation between male song repertoire, extra-pair paternity and offspring survival in the great reed warbler. - Nature 381: 229-232.
11. Hoi, H. and Hoi-Leitner, M. 1997. An alternative route to coloniality in the bearded tit: females pursue extra-pair fertilizations. - Behav. Ecol. 8: 113-119.
12. Jeffreys, A. J., Wilson, V. and Thein, S. L. 1985. Hypervariable 'minisatellite' regions in human DNA. - Nature 314: 67-73.
13. Kempenaers, B. 1993. The use of a breeding synchrony index. - Ornis Scand. 24: 84.
14. _ 1997. Does reproductive synchrony limit male opportunities or enhance female choice for extra-pair paternity? -Behaviour 134: 551-562.
15. _ , Verheyen, G. R., Van den Broeck, M., Burke, T., Van Broeckhoven, C. and Dhondt, A. A. 1992. Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high quality males in the blue tit. - Nature 357: 494-496.
16. Krokene, C., Anthonisen, K., Lifjeld, J. T. and Amundsen, T. 1996. Paternity and paternity assurance behaviour in the bluethroat, Luscinia s. svecica. - Anim. Behav. 52: 405-417.
17. Kunkel, P. 1974. Mating systems of tropical birds: the effects of weakness or absence of external reproduction-timing factors, with special reference to prolonged pair bonds. -Z. Tierpsychol. 34: 265-307.
18. Lifjeld, J. T., Slagsvold, T. and Lampe, J. 1991. Low frequency of extra-pair paternity in pied flycatchers revealed by DNA fingerprinting. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 29: 95-101.
19. Meek, S. B., Robertson, R. J. and Boag, P. T. 1994. Extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in Eastern Bluebirds revealed by DNA fingerprinting. - Auk 111: 739-744.
20. Møller, A. P. and Birkhead, T. R. 1993. Cuckoldry and sociality: a comparative study of birds. - Amer. Natur. 142: 118-140.
21. _ and Briskie, J. V. 1995. Extrapair paternity, sperm competition and the evolution of testis size in birds. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 36: 357-365.
22. Morton, E. S. 1971. Nest predation affecting the breeding season of the clay-colored robin, a tropical songbird. - Science 171: 920-921.
23. _ 1983. Turdus grayi. - In: Janzen, D. J. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 610-611.
24. _ 1996. A comparison of vocal behavior among tropical and temperate passerine birds. - In: Kroodsma, D. E. and Miller, E. H. (eds). Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birds. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, pp. 258-268.
25. _ , Forman, L. and Braun, M. 1990. Extra-pair fertilizations and the evolution of colonial breeding in purple martins. -Auk 107: 275-283.
26. Otter, K., Chruszcz, B. and Ratcliffe, L. 1997. Honest advertisement and song output during the dawn chorus of black-capped chickadees. - Behav. Ecol. 8: 167-173.
27. Pyle, P., Howell, S. N. G., Yunick, R. P. and DeSante, D. F. 1987. Identification guide to North American passerines. -Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, CA.
28. Ricklefs, R. 1969. The nesting cycle of songbirds in tropical and temperate regions. - Living Bird 8: 1-48.
29. Robertson, B. C. and Kikkawa, J. 1994. How do they keep it? Monogamy in Zosterops lateralis chlorocephala. - J. Ornithol. 135: 459.
30. Stiles, F. G. and Skutch, A. F. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. - Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca.
31. Stutchbury, B. J. M. In press. Extra-pair mating effort of male hooded warblers. Anim. Behav.
32. _ and Morton, E. S. 1995. The effect of breeding synchrony on extra-pair mating systems in songbirds. - Behaviour 132: 675-690.
33. _ , Piper, W. H., Neudorf, D. L., Tarof, S. A., Rhymer, J. M., Fuller, G. and Fleischer, R. C. 1997. Correlates of extra-pair fertilization success in hooded warblers. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 40: 119-126.
34. _ , Rhymer, J. M. and Morton, E. S. 1994. Extrapair paternity in hooded warblers. - Behav. Ecol. 5: 384-392.
35. Sundberg, J. and Dixon, A. 1996. Old, colourful male yellowhammers, Emberiza citrinella, benefit from extra-pair copulations. - Anim. Behav. 52: 113-122.
36. Tarof, S. A., Stutchbury, B. J. M., Piper, W. H. and Fleischer, R. C. 1998. Does breeding density covary with extra-pair fertilizations in Hooded Warblers? - J. Avian Biol. in press.
37. Wagner, R. H. 1991. Evidence that female Razorbills control extra-pair copulations. - Behaviour 118: 157-169.
38. _ 1992. The pursuit of EPCs by monogamous female razor-bills: how do females benefit? - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 29: 455-464.
39. _ , Schug, M. and Morton, E. S. 1996. Condition-dependent control of extra-pair fertilizations by female purple martins: implications for coloniality. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38: 379-389.
40. Weatherhead, P. J. 1997. Breeding synchrony and extra-pair matings in red-winged blackbirds. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 40: 151-158.
41. Westneat, D. F. 1987. Extra-pair copulations in a predominantly monogamous bird: observations of behaviour. -Anim. Behav. 35: 865-876.
42. _ 1990. Genetic parentage in the indigo bunting: a study using DNA fingerprinting. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 27: 67-76.
43. _ 1992. Do female Red-winged Blackbirds engage in a mixed mating strategy? - Ethology 92:7-28.
44. _ and Sherman, P. W. 1997. Density and extra-pair fertilizations in birds: a comparative analysis. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 41: 205-216.
45. _ , Sherman, P. W. and Morton, M. L. 1990. The ecology and evolution of extra-pair copulations in birds. - Curr. Ornithol. 7: 331-369.
46. Wetmore, A., Pasquier, R. F. and Olson, S. L. 1984. The birds of the Republic of Panama, Part 4. - Smithsonian Misc. Collection, vol. 150 (4).
47. Wetton, J. H., Carter, R. H., Parkin, D. T. and Walters, D. 1987. Demographic study of a wild house sparrow population by DNA fingerprinting. - Nature 327: 147-149.
48. _ and Parkin, D. T. 1991. An association between fertility and cuckoldry in the house sparrow Passer domesticus. - Proc. Roy. Soc. B 245: 227-233.
49. Yezerinac, S. M., Weatherhead, P. J. and Boag, P. T. 1995. Extra-pair paternity and the opportunity for sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird (Dendroica petechia). -Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 37: 179-188.