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dc.contributor.authorDurrant, KL
dc.contributor.authorHughes, JM
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:06:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:06:58Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-09-24T05:50:34Z
dc.identifier.issn0019-1019
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00539.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/14435
dc.description.abstractThe reproductive success of a male bird is often correlated with measurable traits that predict his intrinsic quality. Females are thought to base their selection of mates on the latter's 'quality' in order to gain their 'good genes'. Male Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen of the white-backed race tyrannica were trapped in two breeding seasons. Measurements were taken of morphometric and other characteristics in order to discover whether particular traits of males were associated with: (1) percentage of offspring sired in the territory, (2) number of fledglings produced in the territory per season and (3) whether females select males for their 'good genes'. There were no consistently significant correlations between any of the measured variables and male Magpie reproductive success within territories. In particular, none of the traits measured had any consistent correlation with the percentage of offspring sired in a territorial group. This was an unexpected result given that the species is strongly territorial but also engages regularly in extra-group copulations. These findings appear contrary to the predictions of the 'good genes' hypothesis. The general lack of correlation between the variables and level of genetic paternity may in fact be due to females engaging in extra-group mating primarily to avoid breeding with a close relative rather than to choose a high-quality male. In this case, males would not have to be 'high quality', but merely genetically different from the female's social mate.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeOxford, England
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom313
dc.relation.ispartofpageto320
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalIbis
dc.relation.ispartofvolume148
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.titleAre there correlates of male Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen reproductive success in a population with high rates of extra-group paternity?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHughes, Jane M.


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