Female competition and aggression: interdisciplinary perspectives

P Stockley, A Campbell - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2013‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper introduces a Theme Issue combining interdisciplinary perspectives in the study of
female competition and aggression. Despite a history of being largely overlooked, evidence …

Competitive females are successful females; phenotype, mechanism, and selection in a common songbird

KE Cain, ED Ketterson - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2012‏ - Springer
In a variety of taxa, male reproductive success is positively related to the expression of costly
traits such as large body size, ornaments, armaments, and aggression. These traits are …

Interspecific Competition Influences Fitness Benefits of Assortative Mating for Territorial Aggression in Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

MR Harris, L Siefferman - PLoS One, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Territorial aggression influences fitness and, in monogamous pairs, the behavior of both
individuals could impact reproductive success. Moreover, territorial aggression is particularly …

Conspecific density and habitat quality drive the defence and vocal behaviour of a territorial passerine

A Barrero, J Gómez‐Catasús, C Pérez‐Granados… - Ibis, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Territorial defence depends on highly interrelated factors such as food abundance and
conspecific density. We used Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti as a model species to …

Life history trade-offs and behavioral sensitivity to testosterone: an experimental test when female aggression and maternal care co-occur

KA Rosvall - PLoS One, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Research on male animals suggests that the hormone testosterone plays a central role in
mediating the trade-off between mating effort and parental effort. However, the direct links …

Female song rates in response to simulated intruder are positively related to reproductive success

KE Cain, A Cockburn, NE Langmore - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2015‏ - frontiersin.org
Bird song is well studied in males as a sexually selected behavior. However, although song
is also common among females, it is infrequently examined and poorly understood …

Scope and adaptive value of modulating aggression over breeding stages in a competitive female bird

EM George, AM Weber, KA Rosvall - Behavioral Ecology, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
In seasonally breeding animals, the costs and benefits of territorial aggression should vary
over time; however, little work thus far has directly examined the scope and adaptive value …

Costs and benefits of competitive traits in females: aggression, maternal care and reproductive success

KE Cain, ED Ketterson - PLoS One, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Recent research has shown that female expression of competitive traits can be
advantageous, providing greater access to limited reproductive resources. In males …

Female song and aggression show contrasting relationships to reproductive success when habitat quality differs

KE Cain, NE Langmore - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2016‏ - Springer
Though well studied in males, little is known about the factors influencing variation in
expression of exaggerated traits such as intense aggression, elaborate ornaments, and …

Female plumage coloration signals status to conspecifics

D López-Idiáquez, P Vergara, JA Fargallo… - Animal Behaviour, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Intrasexual competition in female birds is a widespread phenomenon but remains scarcely
explored. Females compete for limited resources and the expression of signals that indicate …