Varying levels of female promiscuity in four Apodemus mice species

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-260

  Bryja, Josef ^a,b   Patzenhauerová, Hana ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,c   Mošanský, Ladislav ^d   Stanko, Michal ^d   Stopka, Pavel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Mating systems; Multiple paternity; Testis size; Wood mice

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; WOOD;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; APODEMUS URALENSIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56749175093     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0656-7     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. T Albrecht J Kreisinger J Piálek 2006 The strength of direct selection against female promiscuity is associated with rates of extrapair fertilizations in socially monogamous songbirds Am Nat 167 739 744
2. MJ Anderson J Nyholt AF Dixson 2005 Sperm competition and the evolution of sperm midpiece in mammals J Zool 267 135 142
3. G Arnquist M Kirkpatrick 2005 The evolution of infidelity in socially monogamous passerines: the strength of direct and indirect selection on extrapair copulation behavior in females Am Nat 165 S26 S37
4. JC Avise AG Jones D Walker JA DeWoody 2002 Genetic mating systems and reproductive natural histories of fishes: lessons for ecology and evolution Annu Rev Genet 36 19 45
5. RJ Baker KD Makova RK Chesser 1999 Microsatellites indicate a high frequency of multiple paternity in Apodemus (Rodentia) Mol Ecol 8 107 111
6. S Bartmann G Gerlach 2001 Multiple paternity and similar variance in reproductive success of male and female wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) Ethology 107 889 899
7. Bennett P, Owens IPF (2002) Evolutionary ecology of birds. Life histories, mating systems, and extinction. Oxford University Press, Oxford
8. W Booth WI Montgomery PA Prodöhl 2007 Polyandry by wood mice in natural populations J Zool 273 176 182
9. WG Breed J Taylor 2000 Body mass, testes mass, and sperm size in murine rodents J Mammal 81 758 768
10. FH Bronson 1979 The reproductive ecology of the house mouse Q Rev Biol 54 265 299
11. LE Brown 1969 Field experiments on the movements of Apodemus sylvaticus L. using trapping and tracking techniques Oecologia 2 198 222
12. J Bryja Z Řehák 1998 Community of small terrestrial mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia) in dominant habitats of the Protected Landscape Area of Poodří (Czech Republic) Folia Zool 47 249 260
13. J Bryja P Stopka 2005 Facultative promiscuity in a presumably monogamous mouse Apodemus microps Acta Theriol 50 2 189 196
14. J Bryja M Heroldová J Zejda 2002 Effects of deforestation on structure and diversity of small mammal communities in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts (Czech Republic) Acta Theriol 47 3 295 306
15. J Čiháková D Frynta 1996 Intraspecific and interspecific behaviour interactions in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in a neutral cage Folia Zool 45 105 113
16. PJ Clapham PJ Palsboll 1997 Molecular analysis of paternity shows promiscuous mating in female humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae, Borowski) Proc R Soc B 264 95 98
17. Crawley MJ (2002) Statistical computing. An introduction to data analysis using S-Plus. Wiley, New York
18. MD Dean KG Ardlie MW Nachman 2006 The frequency of multiple paternity suggests that sperm competition is common in house mice (Mus domesticus) Mol Ecol 15 4141 4151
19. DA Dewsbury DJ Baumgardner 1981 Studies of sperm competition in two species of muroid rodents Behav Ecol Sociobiol 9 121 133
20. Faraway JJ (2005) Extending the linear model with R: generalized linear, mixed effects and nonparametric regression models. Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York
21. CG Faulkes DH Abbott HP O'Brien L Lau MR Roy RK Wayne MW Bruford 1997 Micro- and macrogeographical genetic structure of colonies of naked mole-rats Heterocephalus glaber Mol Ecol 6 615 628
22. D Frynta A Exnerová A Nováková 1995 Intraspecific behaviour interactions in the striped-field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) and its interspecific relationships to the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus): dyadic encounters in a neutral cage Acta Soc Zool Bohem 59 53 62
23. SC Griffith IPF Owens K Thuman 2002 Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function Mol Ecol 11 2195 2212
24. A Gryczyńska-Siemia̧tkowska T Gortat A Kozakiewicz R Rutkowski J Pomorski M Kozakiewicz 2008 Multiple paternity in a wild population of the yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis Acta Theriol 53 3 251 258
25. M Heroldová E Jánová J Bryja E Tkadlec 2005 Set-aside plots-source of small mammal pests? Folia Zool 54 4 337 350
26. M Heroldová E Tkadlec J Bryja J Zejda 2008 Wheat or barley? Feeding preferences affect distribution of three rodent species in agricultural landscape Appl Anim Behav Sci 110 354 362
27. EJ Heske RS Ostfeld 1990 Sexual dimorphism in size, relative size of testes, and mating systems in North American voles J Mammal 71 510 519
28. JL Hoogland 1998 Why do female Gunnison's prairie dogs copulate with more than one male? Anim Behav 55 351 359
29. S Huminski 1969 Biomorphological studies on testes and male accessory glands in some species of the families Muridae and Microtidae found in Poland Zoolog Pol 19 213 255
30. S Immler M Saint-Jalme L Lesobre G Sorci Y Roman TR Birkhead 2007 The evolution of sperm morphometry in pheasants J Evol Biol 20 1008 1014
31. N Inoue M Ikawa T Nakanishi M Matsumoto M Nomura T Seya M Okabe 2003 Disruption of mouse CD46 causes an accelerated spontaneous acrosome reaction in sperm Mol Cell Biol 23 2614 2622
32. PM Johnson LE Clift P Andrlikova M Jursova BF Flanagan JA Cummerson P Stopka K Dvorakova-Hortova 2007 Rapid sperm acrosome reaction in the absence of acrosomal CD46 expression in promiscuous field mice (Apodemus) Reproduction 134 739 747
33. GJ Kenagy SC Trombulak 1986 Size and function of mammalian testes in relation to body size J Mamm 67 1 22
34. O Kleven T Laskemoen F Fossoy RJ Robertson JT Lifield 2008 Intraspecific variation in sperm length is negatively related to sperm competition in passerine birds Evolution 62 494 499
35. FJL Kraaijeveld-Smit SJ Ward PD Temple-Smith 2002 Multiple paternity in a field population of a small carnivorous marsupial, the agile antechinus, Antechinus agilis Behav Ecol Sociobiol 52 84 91
36. BR Krasnov M Stanko D Miklisová S Morand 2006 Habitat variation in species composition of flea assemblages on small mammals in central Europe Ecol Res 21 460 469
37. EB Liebgold PR Cabe RG Jaeger PL Leberg 2006 Multiple paternity in a salamander with socially monogamous behaviour Mol Ecol 15 4153 4160
38. T Madsen R Shine J Loman T Hakansson 1992 Why do female adders copulate so frequently Nature 355 440 441
39. KD Makova JC Patton EYU Krysanov RK Chesser RJ Baker 1998 Microsatellite markers in wood mouse and striped field mouse (genus Apodemus) Mol Ecol 7 247 255
40. TC Marshall J Slate LEB Kruuk JM Pemberton 1998 Statistical confidence for likelihood-based paternity inference in natural populations Mol Ecol 7 639 655
41. MathSoft, Inc. (2001) S-PLUS version 6.0. Available at www.insightful.com
42. HL Mays GE Hill 2004 Choosing mates: good genes versus genes that are a good fit Trends Ecol Evol 19 554 559
43. M Mazurkiewicz E Rajska-Jurgiel 1998 Spatial behavior and population dynamics of woodland rodents Acta Theriol 43 137 161
44. KB Moble AG Jones 2007 Geographical variation in the mating system of the dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae) Mol Ecol 16 2596 2606
45. WI Montgomery J Gurnell 1985 The behaviour of Apodemus Symp Zool Soc London 55 89 115
46. H Moore K Dvorakova N Jenkins W Breed 2002 Exceptional sperm cooperation in the wood mouse Nature 418 174 177
47. S Morand J Goüy de Bellocq M Stanko D Miklisová 2004 Is sex biased ectoparasitism related to sexual size dimorphism in small mammals of Central Europe? Parasitology 129 505 510
48. J Munshi-South 2007 Extra-pair paternity and the evolution of testis size in a behaviourally monogamous tropical mammal, the large treeshrew (Tupaia tana) Behav Ecol Sociobiol 62 201 212
49. GA Parker MA Ball P Stockley MJG Gage 1997 Sperm competition games: a prospective analysis of risk assessment Proc R Soc B 264 1793 1802
50. J Pelikán 1966 Comparison of the birth rates in four Apodemus species Zool listy 15 125 130
51. J Pelikán 1967 Resorption rate in embryos of four Apodemus species Zool listy 16 325 342
52. J Pelikán 1970 Sex ratio in three Apodemus species Zool listy 19 23 34
53. TE Pitcher PO Dunn LA Whittingham 2005 Sperm competition and the evolution of testes size in birds J Evol Biol 18 557 567
54. J Polechová P Stopka 2002 Geometry of social relationships in the Old World wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus Can J Zool 80 1383 1388
55. SA Ramm GA Parker P Stockley 2005 Sperm competition and the evolution of male reproductive anatomy in rodents Proc R Soc B 272 949 955
56. SE Randolph 1977 Changing spatial relationships in a population of Apodemus sylvaticus with onset of breeding J Anim Ecol 46 653 676
57. M Reichard C Smith J Bryja 2008 Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection Mol Ecol 17 642 651
58. DO Ribble JS Millar 1992 Intraspecific variation in testes size among northern populations of Peromyscus Funct Ecol 6 455 459
59. M Salvioni 1988 Home range and social behavior of three species of European Pitymys (Mammalia, Rodentia) Behav Ecol Sociobiol 22 203 210
60. L Say D Pontier E Natoli 1999 High variation in multiple paternity of domestic cats (Felis catus L.) in relation to environmental conditions Proc R Soc B 266 2071 2074
61. D Simeonovska-Nikolova 2006 Social interactions of the striped field-mouse Apodemus agrarius (Mammalia: Rodentia, Muridae) Acta Zool Bulg 58 93 100
62. DM Simeonovska-Nikolova 2007 Interspecific social interactions and behavioral responses of Apodemus agrarius and Apodemus flavicollis to conspecific and heterospecific odors J Ethol 25 41 48
63. Stanko M, Mošanský L, Fričová J, Čisláková L, Schniererová E (2005) Long-time study of natural focus and its structure in eastern Slovakia. In: Buczek A, Blaszak C (eds) Arthropods, a variety of forms and interactions. Lublin, Poland, pp 113-119
64. M Stanko BR Krasnov D Miklisová S Morand 2007 Simple epidemiological model predicts the relationships between prevalence and abundance in ixodid ticks Parasitology 134 59 68
65. StatSoft, Inc. (2001). STATISTICA (data analysis software system), version 6. www.statsoft.com
66. P Stockley 2003 Female multiple mating behaviour, early reproductive failure and litter size variation in mammals Proc R Soc B 270 271 278
67. P Stopka DW Macdonald 1998 Signal interchange during mating in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus): the concept of active and passive signalling Behaviour 135 231 249
68. P Stopka DW Macdonald 1999 The market effect in the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus: Selling information on reproductive status Ethology 105 969 982
69. P Stopka R Graciasová 2001 Conditional allogrooming in the herb-field mouse Behav Ecol 12 584 589
70. BJM Stutchbury 1998 Female mate choice of extra-pair males: breeding synchrony is important Behav Ecol Sociobiol 43 213 215
71. E Suchomelová D Frynta 2000 Intraspecific behavioural interactions in Apodemus microps: a peaceful mouse? Acta Theriol 45 201 209
72. TE Tew DW Macdonald 1994 Dynamics of space use and male vigor amongst wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus, in the cereal ecosystem Behav Ecol Sociobiol 34 337 345
73. T Tregenza N Wedell 2000 Genetic compatibility, mate choice and patterns of parentage Mol Ecol 9 1013 1027
74. DR Vieites S Nieto-Roman M Barluenga A Palanca M Vences A Meyer 2004 Post-mating clutch piracy in an amphibian Nature 431 7006 305 308
75. O Vukicevic-Radic R Matic D Kataranovski S Stamenkovic 2006 Spatial organization and home range of Apodemus flavicollis and A. agrarius on Mt. Avala, Serbia Acta Zool Acad Sci H 52 1 81 96
76. DF Westneat IRK Stewart 2003 Extra-pair paternity in birds: causes, correlates, and conflict Annu Rev Ecol Evol S 34 365 396
77. WK Whitten 1958 Modification of the oestrous cycle of the mouse by external stimuli associated with the male. Changes in the oestrous cycle determined by vaginal smears J Endocrinol 17 307 313
78. JO Wolff DW Macdonald 2004 Promiscuous females protect their offspring Trends Ecol Evol 19 127 134
79. RJ Wolton JR Flowerdew 1985 Spatial distribution and movements of wood mice, yellow-necked mice and bank voles Symp Zool Soc Lond 55 249 275
80. JA Zeh DW Zeh 1997 The evolution of polyandry II: post-copulatory defences against genetic incompatibility Proc R Soc B 264 69 75
81. J Zejda J Pelikán 1969 Movements and home ranges of some rodents in lowland forests Zool listy 18 143 162
82. E Zgrabszynska B Pilacinska 2002 Social relations in family group of wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus under laboratory and enclosure conditions Acta Ther 47 151 162