Mate availability affects the trade-off between producing one or multiple annual clutches

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• 作者：Merel C. Breedveld^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{merel.breedveld@uni-potsdam.de} ; Luis M. San-Jose^a ; ^b ; ^d ; Cristina Romero-Diaz^a ; ^b ; Eduardo R.S. Roldan^e ; Patrick S. Fitze^a ; ^b ; ^d ; ^f
• 关键词：facultative multiple breeding ; lizard ; mate availability ; polygamy ; sperm storage ; Zootoca vivipara
• 刊名：Animal Behaviour
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：123
• 期：Complete
• 页码：43-51
• 全文大小：399 K
• 卷排序：123

文摘

Breeding frequency is mediated by mate availability. Mate availability affects the reproductive success of multiple broods. The duration of mate exposure affected the date of reproduction. The duration of mate exposure affected the degree of intersexual competition. Long exposure to males leads to above optimal mating frequencies for females.