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DOI 10.1086/688097
Title (Primary) Evolution of sex-biased dispersal
Author Trochet, A.; Courtois, E.A.; Stevens, V.M.; Baguette, M.; Chaine, A.; Schmeller, D.S.; Clobert, J.
Source Titel Quarterly Review of Biology
Year 2016
Department NSF
Volume 91
Issue 3
Page From 297
Page To 320
Language englisch
Keywords sex-biased dispersal; life-history traits; parental care; sexual dimorphism; mating systems; phylogenetic analyses
UFZ wide themes RU1;
Abstract Dispersal is central in ecology and evolution because it influences population regulation, adaptation, and speciation. In many species, dispersal is different between genders, leading to sex-biased dispersal. Several theoretical hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolution of this bias: the resource competition hypothesis proposed by Greenwood, the local mate competition hypothesis, and the inbreeding avoidance hypothesis. Those hypotheses argued that the mating system should be the major factor explaining the direction of such bias. Sociality and the presence of handicap in genders (exaggerated sexual characters or parental care) have recently been proposed to be linked with the direction of this bias. We tested these expected coevolutions using a database of 257 species. Based on phylogenetic approaches, our findings marginally corroborated Greenwood’s hypothesis by showing relationships between the direction of sex-biased dispersal, mating systems, and territoriality. More importantly, our results highlighted that the evolution of this bias was more linked to parental care and sexual dimorphism. These traits were also found to be associated with mating systems, suggesting that sexual asymmetry in morphology and parental care might be the main determinant of the evolution of sex-biased dispersal across species and not mating systems per se, as proposed in Greenwood’s hypothesis.
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Trochet, A., Courtois, E.A., Stevens, V.M., Baguette, M., Chaine, A., Schmeller, D.S., Clobert, J. (2016):
Evolution of sex-biased dispersal
Q. Rev. Biol. 91 (3), 297 - 320 10.1086/688097