在完全野生的猩猩种群中,有翼的雄性繁殖成功率更高
Amy M Scott1,2, Graham L Banes3,4, Wuryantari Setiadi5
1Department of Anthropology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
PloS one
|February 9, 2024
概括
雄性猩猩表现出替代的生殖策略,有边缘的雄性表现出更高的生殖成功. 这项研究揭示了这些策略是依赖条件的,而不是依赖频率的,在野生的婆罗洲猩猩中.
科学领域:
- 灵长类的繁殖策略
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
背景情况:
- 雄性猩猩表现出双成熟,具有明显的带和没有带的表型.
- 之前的猩猩父权研究受限于前俘种群或缺乏母亲身份.
- 猩猩的替代繁殖策略的进化驱动因素仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查猩猩的替代生殖策略的进化解释.
- 为了确定猩猩的繁殖策略是条件依赖的还是频率依赖的.
- 分析野生猩猩群体的长期父权和行为数据.
主要方法:
- 从没有人类干预的野生猩猩群体收集了第一个长期父权数据.
- 利用行为数据来评估男性与男性之间的竞争和女性选择伴侣.
- 结果与之前对婆罗洲猩猩 (Pongo pygmaeus) 和苏门答腊猩猩 (Pongo abelii) 的父权研究进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 猩猩的替代繁殖策略取决于条件,而不是频率.
- 带的雄性比没有带的雄性表现出更高的生殖成功,而带的雄性生殖倾斜率较低.
- 带翅膀的雄性不能完全阻止其他雄性与雌性交往,限制了完全的伴侣保护.
结论:
- 在婆罗洲猩猩中,带的雄性形态表明它们处于良好的状态.
- 尽管有男性的竞争和胁迫,女性选择配偶在决定生殖结果方面是有效的.
- 条件依赖的繁殖策略为人们了解猩猩的进化策略.
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