Mate acquisition tactics in polyandrous spotted sandpipers (Actitis macularia): the role of age and experience |
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Authors: | Oring Lewis W; Reed Michael J; Alberico A R Julie |
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Institution: | Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology RWF, 1000 Valley Road University of Nevada Reno, NV 89512, USA |
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Abstract: | We consider resource-defense polyandry and mate-access polyandryas female mating tactics in spotted sandpipers (Actitis macularia).These tactics can be distinguished by the resource females defend,female interclutch movement, expected reproductive success aftermoving, and male and female dispersion. We examine these characteristicsrelative to patterns observed in a 17-year study of spottedsandpipers, a species traditionally considered resource-defensepolyandrous. On average, 26% of spotted sandpiper females eachyear were monogamous. Older females were more likely to be polyandrous,and polyandrous females of each age employed different matingtactics. Yearlings were typically sequentially resourcedefensepolyandrous. Two-year-olds were primarily simultaneously polyandrous,exhibiting equivalent proportions of resource-defense and mate-accesspolyandry. Older females were primarily simultaneously resource-defensepolyandrous. Females tended to stay on territories where theyand/or their mates had greater breeding experience (i.e., manyclutches laid for females, many clutches diat hatched for males);females that moved went to territories where their mates hada history of breeding success. Location changes between clutchesby polyandrous females were better described by breeding experienceon a territory than by age. |
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Keywords: | Actitis macularia experience mate acquisition mating system mating tactic movement polyandry resource defense shorebird spotted sandpiper |
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