Age-dependent inbreeding risk and offspring fitness costs in female black grouse |
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Authors: | Soulsbury Carl D Alatalo Rauno V Lebigre Christophe Rokka Kaisa Siitari Heli |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35 (Ambiotica), 40014 Jyväskyla, Finland;2.Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK |
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Abstract: | Dispersal is an important mechanism used to avoid inbreeding. However, dispersal may only be effective for part of an individual's lifespan since, post-dispersal individuals that breed over multiple reproductive events may risk mating with kin of the philopatric sex as they age. We tested this hypothesis in black grouse Tetrao tetrix, and show that yearling females never mated with close relatives whereas older females did. However, matings were not with direct kin suggesting that short-distance dispersal to sites containing kin and subsequent overlap of reproductive lifespans between males and females were causing this pattern. Chick mass was lower when kinship was high, suggesting important fitness costs associated with inbred matings. This study shows that increased inbreeding risk might be a widespread yet rarely considered cost of ageing. |
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Keywords: | parental relatedness breeding dispersal natal dispersal inbreeding |
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