Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea)
Heterospecific sexual behaviour is notable because it should be strongly deterred by natural and sexual selection. Here we report observations of both male and female Ross’s Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) routinely engaging in sexual displays directed towards other species during the breeding season at...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4582 2024-06-09T07:42:08+00:00 Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) Maftei, Mark Davis, Shanti E. Mallory, Mark L. 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4582 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4582/4801 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 69, issue 4, page 341 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2016 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4582 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z Heterospecific sexual behaviour is notable because it should be strongly deterred by natural and sexual selection. Here we report observations of both male and female Ross’s Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) routinely engaging in sexual displays directed towards other species during the breeding season at a small, remote colony in the Canadian High Arctic. We suggest that in small, reproductively isolated populations, directing stereotyped courtship displays towards heterospecific partners may allow individuals to advertise fitness and experience to both male and female conspecifics and also accelerate hormonal development and readiness to mate during the brief and unpredictable High Arctic breeding season. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Institute of North America Arctic ARCTIC 69 4 341 |
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Heterospecific sexual behaviour is notable because it should be strongly deterred by natural and sexual selection. Here we report observations of both male and female Ross’s Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) routinely engaging in sexual displays directed towards other species during the breeding season at a small, remote colony in the Canadian High Arctic. We suggest that in small, reproductively isolated populations, directing stereotyped courtship displays towards heterospecific partners may allow individuals to advertise fitness and experience to both male and female conspecifics and also accelerate hormonal development and readiness to mate during the brief and unpredictable High Arctic breeding season. |
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Maftei, Mark Davis, Shanti E. Mallory, Mark L. Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) |
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Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) |
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Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) |
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Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) |
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Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) |
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Observations of Heterospecific Courtship Behaviour in an Isolated Population of Ross’s Gulls ( Rhodostethia rosea) |
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observations of heterospecific courtship behaviour in an isolated population of ross’s gulls ( rhodostethia rosea) |
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