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Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal

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  • O. P. Höner

    (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany)

  • B. Wachter

    (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany)

  • M. L. East

    (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany)

  • W. J. Streich

    (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany)

  • K. Wilhelm

    (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany)

  • T. Burke

    (University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK)

  • H. Hofer

    (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany)

Abstract

The seeds of dispersal Dispersal in group-living mammals is an important event as it has a major impact on reproductive success. It is usually the males that do the dispersing but new work on spotted hyaena colonies in the Ngorongoro Crater conservation area in Tanzania suggests that the males are merely following the females' agenda. The males' dispersal decisions are an adaptive response to simple female mate-choice rules that have probably evolved as a means of avoiding inbreeding.

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  • O. P. Höner & B. Wachter & M. L. East & W. J. Streich & K. Wilhelm & T. Burke & H. Hofer, 2007. "Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal," Nature, Nature, vol. 448(7155), pages 798-801, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:448:y:2007:i:7155:d:10.1038_nature06040
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06040
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