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Female Distribution Polygyny

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If females group together, polygyny is more likely

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Female Defense Polygyny

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females in groups and males defend those groups of females (harems) against other males – usually causes a high variance in male reproductive success

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Resource defense polygyny

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female fitness depends on quality of non random resources. A male with control some resource therefore, access to females. Most-fit males with have the best resources and females have subsets of the male’s territory

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Scramble Competition

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females are widely disperse and males are focused on finding them during breeding seasons avoiding competition with other males or defending resources

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Lek Polygyny

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males defend territories that contain no resources for females and located on traditional display sites - male’s don’t provide parental care and females will visit the leks to watch the displaying males and either mate or leave.

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leks

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male display sites where females come to males

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Hotspot Theory

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males cluster because females tend to travel along certain routes that intersect

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Hotshot theory

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subordinate males cluster around a hotshot to with females are attracted

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solitary sociality

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solitary for all activities except mating

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gregarious sociality

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groups that are unstable in composition – aggregate for one or more activity in large groups

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social sociality

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stable association of groups , fixed membership - complex rules with kinship, individual recognition, social maintenance.

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benefits of living in a group

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dilution effect and Hamiltion’s Selfish Herd Principle
Increased Detection of predators
Mutual defense
cooperative hunting

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Costs of living in a group

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dominant/subordinate interactions
competition for food
parasites and disease
infanticide

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dilution effect

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if animals group together, each of them is less likely to be taken by a predator (safety in numbers)

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selfish herd principle

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other individuals in a group provide a sheild against predators (in many groups, animals in the center are better protected)

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selfish interactions

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donor benefits at expense of recipient - dominant individuals display this
-evolves because small % of individuals are selfish – doesn’t interfere with RS

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mutualism

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both donor and recipient benefit, evolves through cooperation as both receive benefits they wouldn’t have without help

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reciprocity

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both eventually benefit - but delayed
highly social, good memory, long lifespan,low dispersal. evolves through discrimination against cheaters and individual recognition, repayment opportunity

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For reciprocity to evolve:

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  • individuals must have the opportunity to interact repeatedly
  • the fitness benefit received must excess the cost of helping
  • individuals must be able to recognize one another in order to reciprocate
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Fitness

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number of genes contributing to the next generation

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direct fitness

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a measure of reproductive or genetic success of an individual based on the number of its offspring that live to reproduce.

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indirect fitness

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a measure of genetic success of an altruistic individual based on the number of relatives (or genetically similar individuals) that the altruist helps reproduce that would not have otherwise survived to do so

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altruism

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recipient benefits at expense of donor, may suffer a cost to direct fitness

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r - coefficient of relatedness

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fraction of gene copies or alleles shared between two individuals as a result of common descent

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r of parent to offspring
0.5
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r of siblings
0.5
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r of aunt/uncle to niece or nephew
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r of grandparent-grandchild
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relatedness direct fitness
-personal reproductive output number of offspring x r
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relatedness indirect fitness
-genetic gains derived by helping nondescendant relatives number of realtives that survive because of help x r
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relatedness inclusive fitness
direct + indirect fitness
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indirect selection
genetically different individuals differ in their effects on the reproductive success of relatives - surviving because of help
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direct selection
genetically different individuals differ in their ability to produce offspring capable of reproducing - surviving without parental care -surviving because of parental care
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Dependents on if altruism increases inclusive fitness:
- cost to altruist in reproductive potential - gain to beneficiary in reproductive potential - probability that beneficiary carries same altruism gene as altruist
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Hamilton's Rule
altruism is favored by natural selection when r x B(benefit to the recipient) > C (cost to the altruist)
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Mechanisms for Identifying Kin
- location - familiarity -phenotype matching - recognition alleles
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phenotype matching
matching a learned family image to a relative through wither inherited traits or characteristics related to the family environment such as maternal labeling (scent) while developing in utero or within same group of eggs
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eusociality
highest level of organization of sociality. It is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care, overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups
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haplodiploidy
unfertilized eggs develop into males and fertilized eggs develop into females (male - haploid, females - diploid)
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communication
the transmission of a signal from one animal to another such that the sender benefits, on average, from the response of the receiver - the receiver will respond, on average, if it receives benefits by responding
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dishonest signalling
sender may benefit at the expense of the receiver
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examples of manipulative communication
- broken wing display - avoiding a batesian mimic - attraction towards flashing code of females - lying food calls
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Zahavi's Handicap Principal
honest signaling can evolve when traits are very costly to fake
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how signals convey information
- graded displays - context - metacommunication
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graded displays
starting smaller and escalating to seem threatening - multiple levels to display, increasing in aggression
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context
function of a signal can change depending on what is going on and the context in which it is in
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metacommunication
one signal modifies the meaning of those signals that follow ex - invitation to play
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modes (channels) of communication
visual, auditory, chemical, textile, electrical, surface vibration
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visual signals
- easy to locate sender -travels fast - can't move around an object - easy to be located by predator - does not last
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auditory signals
- travel fast over long distances - can go around obstacles and effective at night - can be rapidly exchanged and modulates - does not last lone - could by costly
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volatility
ability of a compound to vaporize or diffuse and travel through the environment - more volatile chemical is, farther it will travel - lower volatility, less travelled but lasts longer
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Flehman Mechanism
getting substances into vomernasal organ by lifting lip
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low volatile chemical signals
used to mark boundaries, detect female's reproductive state
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high volatile chemical signals
often used in alarm signals because if highly volatile, does not last long in environment after function served
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preadaptation
modifying a previous movement or morphological structure to use in a new context of communication - part of the evolution of various signals
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ritualization
changing existing behaviors or traits to make them better for communication -exaggerated movements and behaviors -reducing ambiquity
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Characteristics associated with ritualization
- development of conspicuous body structures such as ornamental feathers, manes - more conspicuous movements and more exaggerated behaviors - stereotype - little variation - overall results in a reduction in ambiguity
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Animal personality
set of consistent, enduring, and tempermental traits that distinguish one animal from another
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conscientousness
involves being diligent. orderly, and focused on acheiving goals
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information centers
one individual gains information by observng another individual and uses that information for its own benefit
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pica
eating disorder -- eating items that are not typically thought of as food and don't contain significant nutritional value (hair, dirt, paint chips) can result in exposure to toxins and parasites
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play
a range of voluntary and internally motivated activities (spontaneous actions) normally associated with enjoyment and recreational pleasure, which aren't usually related with a direct and immediate increase of survival of the organism
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costs of play
can be energetically costly exposure to predators
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object play
can influence what is feared and not feared -- if there was choice to play with novel or familiar object, they would choose to play with novel objects, learn how to manipulate different objects
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social play
long-lasting bonds, cooperative behavior, fine tune hunting and fighting skills, dominance hierarchies, learning behavioral flexibility and anticipation of intentions of others
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locomotor play
- elevated motor activity, greater endurance, increased strength and motor skills
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polyandry
females control access to and mate with more than one male. rare 0 may maximize reproductive success but has costs and benefits
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monogamy
prolonged association and essentially exclusive mating relationship between 1 male and 1 female
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mate guarding
monogamous hypothesis where males stay close to mate to prevent her from mating with other males and ensuring paternity of her offspring
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mate assistance
monogamy hypothesis where males remain with mate to help raise offspring, increasing survival and male's reproductive success
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female-enforced
monogamy hypothesis - females inhibit male's ability to interact with other females
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genetically monogamous
no extra-pair copulations, confirmed using genetic testing
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socially monogamous
pair bonds form but there may be extra pair copulations
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How to measure if altruism or helping is beneficial
Benefit (r) > r(cost)
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honest signalling
both sender and receiver benefit - to get help and resources
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eavesdropping
just the receiver benefits
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Honeybee Waggle Dance
communicates location of food source to hive members dance is a figure 8 with a straight portion in the middle, the angle of the waggle relative to the vertical axis corresponds to the direction of food relative to the sun's position
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MHC gene
control immune self - nonself resonse, polymorphic, found in urine and sweat -in in breeding conditon, females prefer scent of individual in different MHC class -if not in breeding conditon, prefer scent of similar MHC class
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Batesian Mimicry
non poisonous animal evolves to look more like another poisonous animal to avoid predation
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What is required for communication
-signaller, signal, channel, receiver
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