Sexual selection in the lek-breeding European treefrog: Body size, chorus attendance, random mating and good genes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1141-1154

  Friedl, Thomas W P ^a   Klump, Georg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; LEK; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 27144439476     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

References (118)

1. M. Andersson Sexual Selection 1994 Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey
2. Applied Ecology Research Group Guidelines for use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research http://www.asih.org/pubs/herpcoll.html 1987
3. A. Arak Male-male competition and mate choice in anuran amphibians P. Bateson Mate choice 1983 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 181 210
4. A. Balmford Mate choice on leks Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6 1991 87 92
5. R.P. Bastos, and C.F.B. Haddad Breeding activity of the neotropical treefrog Hyla elegans (Anura, Hylidae) Journal of Herpetology 30 1996 355 360
6. M.A. Bee, and H.C. Gerhardt Neighbour-stranger discrimination by territorial male bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana): I. Acoustic basis Animal Behaviour 62 2001 1129 1140
7. S. Bertram, M. Berrill, and E. Nol Male mating success and variation in chorus attendance within and among breeding seasons in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) Copeia 1996 1996 729 734
8. P.J. Bishop, M.D. Jennions, and N.I. Passmore Chorus size and call intensity: female choice in the painted reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus Behaviour 132 1995 721 731
9. G. Borgia Sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems M.S. Blum N.A. Blum Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Insects 1979 Academic Press New York 19 80
10. J. Bortz, G.A. Lienert, and K. Boehnke Verteilungsfreie Methoden in der Biostatistik 1990 Springer Verlag Berlin
11. G.R. Bourne Lekking behavior in the neotropical frog Ololygon rubra Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31 1992 173 180
12. G.R. Bourne Proximate costs and benefits of mate acquisition at leks of the frog Ololygon rubra Animal Behaviour 45 1993 1051 1059
13. J.W. Bradbury The evolution of leks R.D. Alexander D.W. Tinkle Natural Selection and Social Behavior: Recent Research and New Theory 1981 Chiron Press New York 138 169
14. J.W. Bradbury, and R.M. Gibson Leks and mate choice P. Bateson Mate Choice 1983 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 109 138
15. T.L. Bucher, M.J. Ryan, and G.A. Bartholomew Oxygen consumption during resting, calling, and nest building in the frog Physalaemus pustulosus Physiological Zoology 55 1982 10 22
16. B. Charlesworth The heritability of fitness J.W. Bradbury M.B. Andersson Sexual Selection: Testing the Alternatives 1987 J. Wiley Chichester 21 40
17. M.I. Cherry Sexual selection in the raucous toad, Bufo rangeri Animal Behaviour 45 1993 359 373
18. N.B. Davies, and T.R. Halliday Optimal mate selection in the toad Bufo bufo Nature 269 1977 56 58
19. G.V. Doty, and A.M. Welch Advertisement call duration indicates good genes for offspring feeding rate in gray tree frogs (Hyla versicolor) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49 2001 150 156
20. M.L. Dyson, and N.I. Passmore Effect of intermale spacing on female frequency preferences in the painted reed frog Copeia 1992 1992 1111 1114
21. M.L. Dyson, N.I. Passmore, P.J. Bishop, and S.P. Henzi Male behavior and correlates of mating success in a natural population of African painted reed frogs (Hyperolius marmoratus) Herpetologica 48 1992 236 246
22. M.L. Dyson, S.P. Henzi, T.R. Halliday, and L. Barrett Success breeds success in mating male reed frogs (Hyperolius marmoratus) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 265 1998 1417 1421
23. G. Ehret, and H.C. Gerhardt Auditory masking and effects of noise on responses of the green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) to synthetic mating calls Journal of Comparative Physiology A 141 1980 13 18
24. S.T. Emlen, and L.W. Oring Ecology, sexual selection, and the evolution of mating systems Science 197 1977 215 223
25. G.M. Fellers Mate selection in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor Copeia 1979 1979 286 290
26. D.C. Forester, and R. Czarnowsky Sexual selection in the spring peeper, Hyla crucifer (Amphibia, Anura): role of the advertisement call Behaviour 92 1985 112 128
27. Friedl, T. W. P. In press. Individual male calling pattern and male mating success in the European treefrog (Hyla arborea): is there evidence for directional or stabilizing selection on male calling behaviour? Ethology.
28. T.W.P. Friedl, and G.M. Klump Some aspects of population biology in the European treefrog, Hyla arborea Herpetologica 53 1997 321 330
29. T.W.P. Friedl, and G.M. Klump Nest and mate choice in the red bishop (Euplectes orix): female settlement rules Behavioral Ecology 11 2000 378 386
30. T.W.P. Friedl, and G.M. Klump The vocal behaviour of male European treefrogs (Hyla arborea): implications for inter- and intrasexual selection Behaviour 139 2002 113 136
31. H.C. Gerhardt Sound pattern recognition in some North American treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae): implications for mate choice American Zoologist 22 1982 581 595
32. H.C. Gerhardt The evolution of vocalization in frogs and toads Annual Review in Ecology and Systematics 25 1994 293 324
33. H.C. Gerhardt, and F. Huber Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans 2002 University of Chicago Press Chicago
34. H.C. Gerhardt, and G.M. Klump Masking of acoustic signals by the chorus background noise in the green tree frog: a limitation on mate choice Animal Behaviour 36 1988 1247 1249
35. H.C. Gerhardt, and J.J. Schwartz Interspecific interactions in anuran courtship H. Heatwole B.K. Sullivan Amphibian Biology, Vol. 2: Social Behaviour 1995 Surrey Beatty Chipping Norton 603 632
36. H.C. Gerhardt, R.E. Daniel, S.A. Perrill, and S. Schramm Mating behaviour and male mating success in the green treefrog Animal Behaviour 35 1987 1490 1503
37. H.C. Gerhardt, M.L. Dyson, and S.D. Tanner Dynamic properties of the advertisement calls of gray tree frogs: patterns of variability and female choice Behavioral Ecology 7 1996 7 18
38. M.M. Gibbons, and T.K. McCarthy The reproductive output of frogs Rana temporaria (L.) with particular reference to body size and age Journal of Zoology 209 1986 579 593
39. M.F. Given Growth rate and the cost of calling activity in male carpenter frogs, Rana virgatipes Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22 1988 153 160
40. G.J. Godwin, and S.M. Roble Mating success in male treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis (Anura: Hylidae) Herpetologica 39 1983 141 146
41. T.U. Grafe Energetics of vocalization in the African reed frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 114 1996 235 243
42. T.U. Grafe Costs and benefits of mate choice in the lek-breeding reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus Animal Behaviour 53 1997 1103 1117
43. T.U. Grafe, and J. Thein Energetics of calling and metabolic substrate use during prolonged exercise in the European treefrog Hyla arborea Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171 2001 69 76
44. U. Gruber Die Schlangen Europas und Rund ums Mittelmeer 1989 Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart
45. T. Halliday, and M. Tejedo Intrasexual selection and alternative mating behaviour H. Heatwole B.K. Sullivan Amphibian Biology, Vol. 2: Social Behaviour 1995 Surrey Beatty Chipping Norton 419 468
46. T.R. Halliday, and P.A. Verrell Body size and age in amphibians and reptiles Journal of Herpetology 22 1988 253 265
47. W.D. Hamilton, and M. Zuk Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasites Science 218 1982 384 387
48. G. Hausfater, H.C. Gerhardt, and G.M. Klump Parasites and mate choice in gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor American Zoologist 30 1990 299 311
49. S.H. Hinshaw, and B.K. Sullivan Predation on Hyla versicolor and Pseudacris crucifer during reproduction Journal of Herpetology 24 1990 196 197
50. J. Höglund, and R.V. Alatalo Leks 1995 Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey
51. D. Houle, and A.S. Kondrashov Coevolution of costly mate choice and condition-dependent display of good genes Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269 2002 97 104
52. K.D. Howard, H.H. Whiteman, and T.I. Schueller Sexual selection in American toads: a test of a good-genes hypothesis Evolution 48 1994 1286 1300
53. S.P. Hubbell, and L.K. Johnson Environmental variance in lifetime mating success, mate choice, and sexual selection American Naturalist 130 1987 91 112
54. Y. Iwasa, A. Pomiankowski, and S. Nee The evolution of costly mate preferences. II. The 'handicap' principle Evolution 45 1991 1431 1442
55. S.K. Jacobson Reproductive behavior and male mating success in two species of glass frogs (Centrolenidae) Herpetologica 41 1985 396 404
56. F.-Y. Jia, M.D. Greenfield, and R.D. Collins Genetic variance of sexually selected traits in waxmoths: maintenance by genotype × environment interaction Evolution 54 2000 953 967
57. M. Kirkpatrick, and N.H. Barton The strength of indirect selection on female mating preferences Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 94 1997 1282 1286
58. M. Kirkpatrick, and M.J. Ryan The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek Nature 350 1991 33 38
59. A.G. Kluge The life history, social organization, and parental behavior of Hyla rosenbergi Boulenger, a nest-building gladiator frog Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 160 1981 1 170
60. G.M. Klump, and H.C. Gerhardt Use of non-arbitrary acoustic criteria in mate choice by female gray tree frogs Nature 326 1987 286 288
61. J.S. Kotiaho, L.W. Simmons, and J.L. Tomkins Towards a resolution of the lek paradox Nature 410 2001 684 686
62. P.T. Lopez, and P.M. Narins Mate choice in the neotropical frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui Animal Behaviour 41 1991 757 772
63. H. Lüddecke, and A. Amezquita Assessment of disc clipping on the survival and behavior of the Andean frog Hyla labialis Copeia 1999 1999 824 830
64. S. McAlpine Genetic heterozygosity and reproductive success in the green treefrog, Hyla cinerea Heredity 70 1993 553 558
65. M.A. McCarthy, and K.M. Parris Clarifying the effect of toe clipping on frogs with Bayesian statistics Journal of Applied Ecology 41 2004 780 786
66. R.C. MacNally On the reproductive energetics of chorusing males: energy depletion profiles, restoration and growth in two sympatric species of Ranidella (Anura) Oecologia 51 1981 181 188
67. C.A. Marler, and M.J. Ryan Energetic constraints and steroid hormone correlates of male calling behaviour in the tungara frog Journal of Zoology 240 1996 397 409
68. R. Marquez, and M. Tejedo Size-based mating pattern in the tree frog Hyla arborea Herpetologica 46 1990 176 182
69. B.S. Martof, and E.F. Thompson Jr. Reproductive behaviour of the chorus frog, Pseudacris nigrita Behaviour 13 1958 243 258
70. J. Maynard Smith Theories of sexual selection Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6 1991 146 151
71. S.L. Mitchell The mating system genetically affects offspring performance in Woodhouse's toad (Bufo woodhousei) Evolution 44 1990 502 519
72. M.R. Morris Female choice of large males in the treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis: the importance of identifying the scale of choice Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 25 1989 275 281
73. C.G. Murphy Chorus tenure of male barking treefrogs, Hyla gratiosa Animal Behaviour 48 1994 763 777
74. C.G. Murphy Determinants of chorus tenure in barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34 1994 763 777
75. C.G. Murphy, and H.C. Gerhardt Mate sampling by female barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa) Behavioral Ecology 13 2002 472 480
76. P.M. Narins Biological constraints on anuran acoustic communication: auditory capabilities of naturally behaving animals D.B. Webster R.R. Fay A.N. Popper The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing 1992 Springer-Verlag Berlin 439 454
77. P.M. Narins, and R. Zelick The effects of noise on auditory processing and behavior in amphibians B. Fritzsch T. Hethington M. Ryan W. Wilczynski W. Walkowiak The Evolution of the Amphibian Auditory System 1988 J. Wiley New York 511 536
78. N.I. Passmore, and S.R. Telford Random mating by size and age in the painted reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus South African Journal of Science 79 1983 353 355
79. N.I. Passmore, P.J. Bishop, and N. Caithness Calling behaviour influences mating success in male painted reed frogs, Hyperolius marmoratus Ethology 92 1992 227 241
80. S.A. Perrill Male mating behavior in Hyla regilla Copeia 1984 1984 727 732
81. K.N. Prestwich, K.E. Brugger, and M. Topping Energy and communication in three species of hylid frogs: power input, power output and efficiency Journal of Experimental Biology 144 1989 53 80
82. W. Rice Heritable variation in fitness as a prerequisite for adaptive female choice: the effect of mutation-selection balance Evolution 42 1988 817 820
83. M.E. Ritke, and R.D. Semlitsch Mating behavior and determinants of male mating success in the gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis Canadian Journal of Zoology 69 1991 246 250
84. M.E. Ritke, J.G. Babb, and M.K. Ritke Breeding-site specificity in the gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) Journal of Herpetology 25 1991 123 125
85. J.G.M. Robertson Female choice, male strategies and the role of vocalizations in the Australian frog Uperoleia rugosa Animal Behaviour 34 1986 773 784
86. J.G.M. Robertson Female choice increases fertilization success in the Australian frog, Uperoleia laevigata Animal Behaviour 39 1990 639 645
87. L. Rowe, and D. Houle The lek paradox and the capture of genetic variance by condition dependent traits Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 263 1996 1415 1421
88. M.J. Ryan Sexual selection and communication in a neotropical frog, Physalaemus pustulosus Evolution 37 1983 261 272
89. M.J. Ryan The Tungara Frog 1985 University of Chicago Press Chicago
90. M.J. Ryan, M.D. Tuttle, and L.K. Taft The costs and benefits of frog chorusing behavior Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8 1981 273 278
91. J.J. Schwartz, and H.C. Gerhardt Spatially mediated release from auditory masking in an anuran amphibian Journal of Comparative Physiology A 166 1989 37 41
92. J.J. Schwartz, S.J. Ressel, and C.R. Bevier Carbohydrate and calling: depletion of muscle glycogen and the chorusing dynamics of the neotropical treefrog Hyla microcephala Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37 1995 125 135
93. J.J. Schwartz, B.W. Buchanan, and H.C. Gerhardt Female mate choice in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) in three experimental environments Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49 2001 443 455
94. R.D. Semlitsch Evolutionary consequences of non-random mating: do large males increase offspring fitness in the anuran Bufo bufo? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34 1994 19 24
95. S. Siegel, and N.J. Castellan Jr. Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 2nd edn 1988 McGraw-Hill Singapore
96. R.R. Sokal, and F.J. Rohlf Biometry 3rd edn 1995 W.H. Freeman New York
97. B.K. Sullivan Sexual selection in Woodhouse's toad (Bufo woodhousei). II. Female choice Animal Behaviour 31 1983 1011 1017
98. B.K. Sullivan, and S.H. Hinshaw Variation in advertisement calls and male calling behavior in the spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) Copeia 1990 1990 1146 1150
99. B.K. Sullivan, and S.H. Hinshaw Female choice and selection on male calling behaviour in the gray treefrog Hyla versicolor Animal Behaviour 44 1992 733 744
100. B.K. Sullivan, M.J. Ryan, and P.A. Verrell Female choice and mating system structure H. Heatwole B.K. Sullivan Amphibian Biology, Vol. 2: Social Behaviour 1995 Surrey Beatty Chipping Norton 469 517
101. W.J. Sutherland Chance can produce a sex difference in variance in mating success and explain Bateman's data Animal Behaviour 33 1985 1349 1352
102. W.J. Sutherland Random and deterministic components of variance in mating success J.W. Bradbury M.B. Andersson Sexual Selection: Testing the Alternatives 1987 J. Wiley New York 209 219
103. T.L. Taigen, and K.D. Wells Energetics of vocalization by an anuran amphibian (Hyla versicolor) Journal of Comparative Physiology B 155 1985 163 170
104. Z. Tarano, and M.J. Ryan No pre-existing biases for heterospecific call traits in the frog Physalaemus enesefae Animal Behaviour 64 2002 599 607
105. S.R. Telford, M.L. Dyson, and N.I. Passmore Mate choice only occurs in small choruses of painted reed frogs (Hyperolius marmoratus) Bioacoustics 2 1989 47 53
106. Tester, U. 1990. Artenschützerisch relevante Aspekte zur Ökologie des Laubfrosches (Hyla arborea L.). Ph.D. thesis, University of Basel.
107. J.L. Tomkins, J. Radwan, J.S. Kotiaho, and T. Tregenza Genic capture and resolving the lek paradox Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19 2004 323 328
108. J. Travis, S.B. Emerson, and M. Blouin A quantitative-genetic analysis of larval life-history traits in Hyla crucifer Evolution 41 1987 145 156
109. R. Trivers Parental investment and sexual selection B. Campbell Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man 1972 Aldine Chicago 136 179
110. M.D. Tuttle, and M.J. Ryan Bat predation and the evolution of frog vocalizations in the Neotropics Science 214 1981 677 678
111. M.D. Tuttle, L.K. Taft, and M.J. Ryan Acoustic location of calling frogs by philander opossums Biotropica 13 1981 233 234
112. A.M. Welch, R.D. Semlitsch, and H.C. Gerhardt Call duration as an indicator of genetic quality in male gray tree frogs Science 280 1998 1928 1930
113. K.D. Wells The social behaviour of anuran amphibians Animal Behaviour 25 1977 666 693
114. K.D. Wells The energetics of calling in frogs M.J. Ryan Anuran Communication 2001 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington 45 60
115. K.D. Wells, T.L. Taigen, S.W. Rusch, and C.C. Robb Seasonal and nightly variation in glycogen reserves of calling gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor) Herpetologica 51 1995 359 368
116. H.M. Wilbur, D.I. Rubenstein, and L. Fairchild Sexual selection in toads: the roles of female choice and male body size Evolution 32 1978 264 270
117. L. Wollerman Acoustic interference limits call detection in a neotropical frog Hyla ebraccata Animal Behaviour 57 1999 529 536
118. B.D. Woodward, J. Travis, and S. Mitchell The effects of the mating system on progeny performance in Hyla crucifer (Anura: Hylidae) Evolution 42 1988 784 794