Data from: Pair bonds, reproductive success and rise of alternate mating strategies in a social carnivore. ...

• Main Author: Ausband, David E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2019
• Subjects: monogamy; Canis lupus; pair bonds
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d880g55; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.d880g55

Monogamy is commonly observed across a wide variety of species and taxa and arises when young are altricial, parental investment in young is high, and mate monopolization is generally not possible. In such species, pairs may bond for multiple breeding seasons while successfully rearing young. Individuals, however, may attempt to bypass the dominant mating strategy particularly when breeding opportunities are limited. Currently, we do not know how pair bond duration affects the efficacy of alternative mating strategies in populations with a monogamous mating system. Additionally, inferences about pair bond effects on reproductive success (i.e., both clutch size and recruitment) are largely limited to long-lived birds and little is known about effects on mammalian cooperative breeders. I used genetic sampling and pedigrees to examine the effects of pair bond duration on reproductive success (i.e., litter size, recruitment) and mating strategies in a population of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Idaho USA. There ... : Ausband_2019_pair_bonds_dataData from Ausband 2019, pair bonds. ...