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Size-dependent aggression towards kin in a cannibalistic species

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العنوان: Size-dependent aggression towards kin in a cannibalistic species
المؤلفون: Fouilloux, Chloe A., Fromhage, Lutz, Valkonen, Janne K., Rojas, Bibiana
بيانات النشر: Oxford University Press (OUP)
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: JYX - Jyväskylä University Digital Archive / Jyväskylän yliopiston julkaisuarkisto
مصطلحات موضوعية: kannibalismi, eläinten käyttäytyminen, sammakot, sukulaisvalinta
الوصف: In juveniles extreme intraspecies aggression can seem counter-intuitive, as it might endanger their developmental goal of surviving until reproductive stage. Ultimately, aggression can be vital for survival, although the factors (e.g., genetic or environmental) leading to the expression and intensity of this behavior vary across taxa. Attacking (and sometimes killing) related individuals may reduce inclusive fitness; as a solution to this problem, some species exhibit kin discrimination and preferentially attack unrelated individuals. Here, we used both experimental and modeling approaches to consider how physical traits (e.g., size in relation to opponent) and genetic relatedness mediate aggression in dyads of cannibalistic Dendrobates tinctorius tadpoles. We paired full-sibling, half-sibling, and non-sibling tadpoles of different sizes together in an arena and recorded their aggression and activity. We found that the interaction between relative size and relatedness predicts aggressive behavior: large individuals in non-sibling dyads are significantly more aggressive than large individuals in sibling dyads. Unexpectedly, although siblings tended to attack less overall, in size-mismatched pairs they attacked faster than in non-sibling treatments. Using a theoretical model to complement these empirical findings, we propose that larval aggression reflects a balance between relatedness and size where individuals trade-off their own fitness with that of their relatives. ; peerReviewed
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf; 582-591; fulltext
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1045-2249
Relation: Behavioral Ecology; 33; 319949; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.zs7h44j6w; Research Council of Finland; Suomen Akatemia; CONVID_145706923
الاتاحة: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202206103253
Rights: CC BY 4.0 ; © 2022 the Authors ; openAccess ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.C8EB1B16
قاعدة البيانات: BASE