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Sex allocation in response to local resource competition over breeding territories

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  • Mårten B. Hjernquist
  • Katherine A. Thuman Hjernquist
  • Jukka T. Forsman
  • Lars Gustafsson

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Sex allocation according to local resource competition suggests that investment and offspring sex ratio should be biased toward the dispersing sex to limit the competition among the natal philopatric sex. Conversely, when competition over resources is low, parents should allocate more resources toward the philopatric sex. In this study, this reciprocal scenario of sex allocation is tested. More specifically, the effect of breeding territory availability on primary sex ratio is studied in the collared flycatcher, a migratory passerine bird, where males are the natal philopatric sex. As predicted, primary sex ratios were biased toward males in areas where available territories were abundant (estimated from population growth). No relationship between sex ratio adjustment and adult phenotypes as well as date of first egg was found. We discuss potential explanation for the male-biased broods in areas with many vacant territories and low levels of competition. We suggest that sex ratio adjustment in relation to breeding territory quality and availability could be relatively common in birds. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Mårten B. Hjernquist & Katherine A. Thuman Hjernquist & Jukka T. Forsman & Lars Gustafsson, 2009. "Sex allocation in response to local resource competition over breeding territories," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 20(2), pages 335-339.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:20:y:2009:i:2:p:335-339
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    1. Stephanie P. M. Michler & Marion Nicolaus & Marco van der Velde & Reinder Radersma & Richard Ubels & Christiaan Both & Jan Komdeur & Joost M. Tinbergen, 2013. "Local offspring density and sex ratio affect sex allocation in the great tit," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 24(1), pages 169-181.
    2. Guillon, Jean-Michel & Bottein, Jean, 2011. "A spatially explicit model of sex ratio evolution in response to sex-biased dispersal," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 80(2), pages 141-149.

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