Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio
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| 作者 | Liao, Caiping1; Yu, Dan1; Chen, Yiyu1; Reichard, Martin2; Liu, Huanzhang1 |
| 刊名 | BEHAVIOUR
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| 出版日期 | 2014 |
| 卷号 | 151期号:6页码:755-768 |
| 关键词 | alternative reproductive behaviour female aggression operational sex ratio bitterling |
| ISSN号 | 0005-7959 |
| 通讯作者 | Liu, HZ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Key Lab Aquat Biodivers & Conservat, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China. |
| 中文摘要 | While the effect of Operational Sex Ratio (OSR) on reproductive behaviour of males has been studied extensively, little is known of the response of females facing a female-biased OSR. We investigated the effect of different OSRs on female reproductive behaviour using the rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus, a freshwater fish that lays its eggs inside the gills of living freshwater mussels. Three levels of OSR (male/female ratio 1:1, 1:3 and 1:5) were tested. We demonstrated that inspection of the mussel (spawning substrate) by individual females increased with increasingly female-biased OSR, but that the rate of following territorial male decreased. Aggression towards other females was not affected by the OSR. Interestingly, when a male bitterling led a non-dominant female towards the mussel, the dominant female would become aggressive to the male and chase the non-dominant female away. Aggression towards male followed a bell-shaped pattern and was highest at an OSR of 1:3. In both the female-biased OSRs examined, almost 50% of dominant females tended to chase away other females and defend the mussel, showing territoriality in a similar manner to males. These observations suggest that female reproductive behaviour is strongly affected by the OSR, and their reproductive tactics during courtship change from a passive role in courtship (following a male) to an active role in courtship (approaching a male), with presence of female territorial behaviour as the OSR becomes increasingly female-biased. This study provides strong evidence that a female-biased OSR has an important effect on female reproductive behaviour. |
| 英文摘要 | While the effect of Operational Sex Ratio (OSR) on reproductive behaviour of males has been studied extensively, little is known of the response of females facing a female-biased OSR. We investigated the effect of different OSRs on female reproductive behaviour using the rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus, a freshwater fish that lays its eggs inside the gills of living freshwater mussels. Three levels of OSR (male/female ratio 1:1, 1:3 and 1:5) were tested. We demonstrated that inspection of the mussel (spawning substrate) by individual females increased with increasingly female-biased OSR, but that the rate of following territorial male decreased. Aggression towards other females was not affected by the OSR. Interestingly, when a male bitterling led a non-dominant female towards the mussel, the dominant female would become aggressive to the male and chase the non-dominant female away. Aggression towards male followed a bell-shaped pattern and was highest at an OSR of 1:3. In both the female-biased OSRs examined, almost 50% of dominant females tended to chase away other females and defend the mussel, showing territoriality in a similar manner to males. These observations suggest that female reproductive behaviour is strongly affected by the OSR, and their reproductive tactics during courtship change from a passive role in courtship (following a male) to an active role in courtship (approaching a male), with presence of female territorial behaviour as the OSR becomes increasingly female-biased. This study provides strong evidence that a female-biased OSR has an important effect on female reproductive behaviour. |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| 类目[WOS] | Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology |
| 研究领域[WOS] | Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology |
| 关键词[WOS] | SPERM COMPETITION ; MATING SYSTEMS ; SELECTION ; SERICEUS ; FISH ; MATES ; POPULATION ; DYNAMICS ; DENSITY ; SUCCESS |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 资助信息 | National Natural Science Foundation of China [30970443]; Czech Science Foundation [P505/12/G112] |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000335205100004 |
| 公开日期 | 2014-08-07 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/20000]  |
| 专题 | 水生生物研究所_水生生物多样性与资源保护研究中心_期刊论文 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Key Lab Aquat Biodivers & Conservat, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 2.Acad Sci Czech Republic, Inst Vertebrate Biol, CS-60365 Brno, Czech Republic |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liao, Caiping,Yu, Dan,Chen, Yiyu,et al. Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio[J]. BEHAVIOUR,2014,151(6):755-768. |
| APA | Liao, Caiping,Yu, Dan,Chen, Yiyu,Reichard, Martin,&Liu, Huanzhang.(2014).Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio.BEHAVIOUR,151(6),755-768. |
| MLA | Liao, Caiping,et al."Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio".BEHAVIOUR 151.6(2014):755-768. |
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