Copulation Behavior, Mate Guarding, and Paternity in the Semipalmated Plover
Abstract We present behavioral observations and multilocus DNA fingerprinting data on Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) breeding in the sub-Arctic. We predicted that, where a large time/energy investment by males during incubation and chick-rearing is crucial for successful reproduction...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/condor/102.1.231 2023-05-15T15:02:44+02:00 Copulation Behavior, Mate Guarding, and Paternity in the Semipalmated Plover Zharikov, Yuri Nol, Erica 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/102.1.231 http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/102/1/231/29709865/condor0231.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) The Condor volume 102, issue 1, page 231-235 ISSN 0010-5422 1938-5129 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2000 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/102.1.231 2022-07-07T11:44:02Z Abstract We present behavioral observations and multilocus DNA fingerprinting data on Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) breeding in the sub-Arctic. We predicted that, where a large time/energy investment by males during incubation and chick-rearing is crucial for successful reproduction, both extra-pair copulation and fertilization rates would be low. Extra-pair copulations were infrequent (7% of total copulations), as were within pair copulations (0.44 hr−1). Copulations occurred, on average 6.2 days prior to clutch initiation. Males spent 64% of their time in visual contact with their mates. Mate guarding during the laying period was significantly more pronounced in coastal neighborhoods of breeding birds than among solitary-nesting pairs. Extra-pair fertilizations occurred in 4% of families resulting in an extra-pair paternity rate of 4.7%. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Arctic The Condor 102 1 231 235 |
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Abstract We present behavioral observations and multilocus DNA fingerprinting data on Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) breeding in the sub-Arctic. We predicted that, where a large time/energy investment by males during incubation and chick-rearing is crucial for successful reproduction, both extra-pair copulation and fertilization rates would be low. Extra-pair copulations were infrequent (7% of total copulations), as were within pair copulations (0.44 hr−1). Copulations occurred, on average 6.2 days prior to clutch initiation. Males spent 64% of their time in visual contact with their mates. Mate guarding during the laying period was significantly more pronounced in coastal neighborhoods of breeding birds than among solitary-nesting pairs. Extra-pair fertilizations occurred in 4% of families resulting in an extra-pair paternity rate of 4.7%. |
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Copulation Behavior, Mate Guarding, and Paternity in the Semipalmated Plover |
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