没有证据表明男性报复在人口中具有高水平的额外对亲子关系
Helga Gyarmathy1,2, Renáta Kopena1,3, Tünde Kneifel1
1Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary.
Ecology and evolution
|May 8, 2025
概括
当他们的伴侣不忠时,雄鸟没有降低养率,即使额外对幼 (EPY) 的比例很高. 这挑战了父亲假设的确定性,表明男性可能无法发现不忠.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 鸟类学 鸟类学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 在社会一夫一妻制的鸟类中,额外对父性 (EPP) 是常见的,假设表明雌性寻求遗传利益或受精保证.
- 不忠的女性面临代价,而父权假设的确定性预测男性减少投资,以避免抚养无关的后代.
研究的目的:
- 调查雄性是否根据其中的额外对幼 (EPY) 的存在和比例来调整父母的养率.
- 在具有高EPP率的人群中测试父亲假设的确定性.
主要方法:
- 交叉培养实验在匈牙利领 (Ficedula albicollis) 种群中进行,以隔离男性对父权的反应与其他因素.
- 幼在子之间被交换,确保父母养育外国后代,从而将雄性投资直接与被认为的雌性交配行为联系起来.
主要成果:
- 在63.6%的幼中发现了额外对幼 (EPY),其中23%的幼是由额外对雄产生的.
- 雄性养率与子大小正相关,而不是EPY的流行率或比例.
- 没有证据支持父亲假设的确定性;男性养并没有随着EPY的增加而减少.
结论:
- 这项研究未能支持领捕的父亲假设的确定性.
- 男人似乎没有通过减少父母的照顾来识别或惩罚女性的不忠.
- 这种缺乏反应可能是由于无法跟踪高EPP率的人群中的女性行为.
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