Color and behavior differently predict competitive outcomes for divergent stickleback color morphs

Current Zoology
Robin M TinghitellaV Faith Lierheimer

Abstract

Our knowledge of how male competition contributes to speciation is dominated by investigations of competition between within-species morphs or closely related species that differ in conspicuous traits expressed during the breeding season (e.g. color, song). In such studies, it is important to consider the manner in which putatively sexually selected traits influence the outcome of competitive interactions within and between types because these traits can communicate information about competitor quality and may not be utilized by homotypic and heterotypic receivers in the same way. We studied the roles of breeding color and aggressive behaviors in competition within and between two divergent threespine sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatuscolor types. Our previous work in this system showed that the switch from red to black breeding coloration is associated with changes in male competition biases. Here, we find that red and black males also use different currencies in competition. Winners of both color types performed more aggressive behaviors than losers, regardless of whether the competitor was of the same or opposite color type. But breeding color differently predicted competitive outcomes for red and black males. Males who were ...Continue Reading

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Mar 2, 2018·Current Zoology·Alycia C R LackeyRobin M Tinghitella
Dec 29, 2019·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Whitley R Lehto, Robin M Tinghitella
Mar 27, 2020·Ecology and Evolution·Clara S JenckRobin M Tinghitella

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