Female alternative reproductive tactics : diversity and drivers
Wang, Daiping ; Abbott, Jessica LU
; Brenninger, Franziska A.
; Klein, Kora
; Nava-Bolaños, Angela
; Yong, Lengxob
and Richter, Xiang Yi Li
(2024)
In Trends in Ecology and Evolution
39(10).
p.937-946
- Abstract
It is often argued that anisogamy causes alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) to be more common in males than females. We challenge this view by pointing out logical flaws in the argument. We then review recent work on the diversity of female ARTs, listing several understudied types such as solitary versus communal breeding and facultative parthenogenesis. We highlight an important difference between male and female ARTs that caused female ARTs to be overlooked: male ARTs tend to focus on successful fertilization, whereas female ARTs occur at many stages of reproduction and often form complex networks of decision points. We propose to study correlated female ARTs as a whole to better understand their drivers and eco-evolutionary... (More)
It is often argued that anisogamy causes alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) to be more common in males than females. We challenge this view by pointing out logical flaws in the argument. We then review recent work on the diversity of female ARTs, listing several understudied types such as solitary versus communal breeding and facultative parthenogenesis. We highlight an important difference between male and female ARTs that caused female ARTs to be overlooked: male ARTs tend to focus on successful fertilization, whereas female ARTs occur at many stages of reproduction and often form complex networks of decision points. We propose to study correlated female ARTs as a whole to better understand their drivers and eco-evolutionary dynamics.
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- author
- Wang, Daiping
; Abbott, Jessica
LU
; Brenninger, Franziska A.
; Klein, Kora
; Nava-Bolaños, Angela
; Yong, Lengxob
and Richter, Xiang Yi Li
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-10
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- alternative reproductive tactics, behavioral polymorphism, cost of reproduction, parental care, sexual dimorphism, sexual selection
- in
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
- volume
- 39
- issue
- 10
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85197073313
- pmid:38955568
- ISSN
- 0169-5347
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tree.2024.06.002
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- aabc2604-ba00-4646-b183-db63da7edaea
- date added to LUP
- 2024-12-03 10:59:16
- date last changed
- 2025-07-16 05:17:06
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