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Parental response to intruder females altered by ornamentation and mate quality in a biparental fish

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  • Ashley R Robart
  • Barry Sinervo

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Parents jointly defend their pair-bond against females that are potential mates for the male but sexual rivals for the females. We experimentally exposed breeding pairs of convict cichlids to conspecific females that differed in their reproductive state, advertised via conspicuous ornamentation. We found parental females responded aggressively to reproductive females and that parental males also behaved aggressively, particularly when mated to smaller females. These results suggest cooperation, not conflict, between parents to address potential pair-bond threats.

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  • Ashley R Robart & Barry Sinervo, 2018. "Parental response to intruder females altered by ornamentation and mate quality in a biparental fish," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(3), pages 701-710.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:3:p:701-710.
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