Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal

O. P. Höner (), B. Wachter, M. L. East, W. J. Streich, K. Wilhelm, T. Burke and H. Hofer
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O. P. Höner: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
B. Wachter: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
M. L. East: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
W. J. Streich: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
K. Wilhelm: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
T. Burke: University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
H. Hofer: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7155, 798-801

Abstract: The seeds of dispersal Dispersal in group-living mammals is an important event as it has a major impact on reproductive success. It is usually the males that do the dispersing but new work on spotted hyaena colonies in the Ngorongoro Crater conservation area in Tanzania suggests that the males are merely following the females' agenda. The males' dispersal decisions are an adaptive response to simple female mate-choice rules that have probably evolved as a means of avoiding inbreeding.

Date: 2007
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