10.5061/dryad.s67kg
https://zenodo.org/records/5007118
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Araya-Ajoy, Yimen G.
Yimen G.
Araya-Ajoy
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Kuhn, Sylvia
Sylvia
Kuhn
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Mathot, Kimberley J.
Kimberley J.
Mathot
Utrecht University
Mouchet, Alexia
Alexia
Mouchet
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Mutzel, Ariane
Ariane
Mutzel
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Nicolaus, Marion
Marion
Nicolaus
University of Groningen
Wijmenga, Jan J.
Jan J.
Wijmenga
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Kempenaers, Bart
Bart
Kempenaers
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Dingemanse, Niels J.
Niels J.
Dingemanse
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Data from: Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major)
Zenodo
2016
extra-pair paternity
2010-2016
aggressiveness
Mating Systems
fertilization success
Parus major
2016-07-26
10.1111/evo.13024
https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Males of socially monogamous species can increase their siring success via within-pair and extra-pair fertilizations. In this study, we focused on the different sources of (co)variation between these siring routes, and asked how each contributes to total siring success. We quantified the fertilization routes to siring success, as well as behaviors that have been hypothesized to affect siring success, over a five-year period for a wild population of great tits Parus major. We considered siring success and its fertilization routes as "interactive phenotypes" arising from phenotypic contributions of both members of the social pair. We show that siring success is strongly affected by the fecundity of the social (female) partner. We also demonstrate that a strong positive correlation between extra-pair fertilization success and paternity loss likely constrains the evolution of these two routes. Moreover, we show that more explorative and aggressive males had less extra-pair fertilizations, whereas more explorative females laid larger clutches. This study thus demonstrates that (co)variation in siring routes is caused by multiple factors not necessarily related to characteristics of males. We thereby highlight the importance of acknowledging the multi-level structure of male fertilization routes when studying the evolution of male mating strategies.
Siring success
Siring success and its components.
SiringSuccess.csv
Aggression
Fertilization routes and aggression
Agggression.csv
Exploration
Exploration and fertilization routes
Germany