Rearing conditions have long-term sex-specific fitness consequences in the collared flycatcher

Eszter Szász, Eszter Szöllősi, Gergely Hegyi, János Török and Balázs Rosivall

Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, issue 3, 717-723

Abstract: Lay Summary Early-life conditions have stronger effects on the fitness of male than female collared flycatchers. Male nestlings from experimentally enlarged broods had fewer eggs from their mates during their life than male nestlings from reduced broods, which was a consequence of their shorter breeding lifespan. In females, rearing conditions had no effect on fitness. Together with earlier results, we show that although sex differences in growth disappear by fledging, the greater sensitivity of males had lifelong consequences.

Keywords: environmental sensitivity; extrapair paternity; lifetime reproductive success; sex allocation; sex-by-environment interaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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