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BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
卷 66, 期 2, 页码 119-130出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.01.008
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behavioral flexibility; conditional tactic; Cyprinodon; dominance; primary males; pupfish; territory
Using variegated pupfish, we examined the flexibility in primary male tactics when dealing with the aggressive costs of competition. Analogous to conditional mating strategies, we expected primary males to exhibit one of two interrelated tactics (i.e. dominance or territoriality) in response to different numbers of competitors. In the field, competitors influenced aggression. Primary males defended territories; residents facing, more intruders en-aged in more chases and obtained fewer spawns per female. In the laboratory, primary males showed dominance at low density, controlling most of the aquarium. With increasing competitor numbers, primary males reduced the area controlled and defended territories. Territories occurred with intermediate to high competitor numbers and Only under male-biased sex ratios. During these interactions, aggression was highest and competitors were too many for dominant males to suppress the assertions made by each Subordinate to increase its rank. Relinquished control of the entire domain enabled a previously Subordinate male to establish a territory in the undefended portion of the aquarium. Reduction in defended area related to a reduction in territorial males' spawning Success relative to dominants. These results suggested that primary males, like conditional breeders, would adopt the tactic that enabled them to spawn despite the constraints of competition. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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