Factors Affecting Conditional Expression of Mate Preferences

影响择偶偏好条件表达的因素

基本信息

批准号：
9816989
负责人：
David Westneat
金额：
$ 25万
依托单位：
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
1999
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1999-03-01 至 2004-02-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9816989&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Factors Affecting Conditional Expression Mate

项目摘要

Animal Behavior ProgramNontechnical AbstractProposal #: 9816989PI: Westneat, DavidTitle: Factors affecting conditional expression of male preferences This research project focuses on understanding flexibility in female behavioral responses to males. The study will use house sparrows, Passer domesticus, as the subjects in several aviary and field experiments. Aviary experiments will test predictions about the impact of male aggressive tendencies, social familiarity and status, as well as morphological and behavioral traits on a female's choice of a partner. Field data will uncover the impact of these factors on social status, general breeding success, and parental behavior. A cross-fostering study will help establish the level of genetic influence on behavioral and morphological traits involved in male-female interactions.This project is significant at several levels. First, it will help lead to better theory for the evolution of breeding preference strategies. Second, it will uncover some of the implications of flexibility in females for behavioral evolution. Finally, this project will investigate the influence of social interactions between males and females on the development of female behavior. A general understanding of the development of gender specific behavior and the effects of social behavior between males and females on development has important implications understanding a variety of biological questions about gender specific evolutionary processes.

动物行为计划nontechnical Abstract Propopals＃：9816989PI：Westneat，Davidtitle：影响男性偏好有条件表达的因素，该研究项目的重点是了解女性对男性行为反应的灵活性。该研究将使用房屋麻雀，Passer foreflus作为几个鸟舍和现场实验的受试者。鸟舍实验将测试有关男性侵略倾向，社会熟悉和地位以及形态学和行为特征对女性选择伴侣选择的影响的预测。现场数据将发现这些因素对社会地位，一般育种成功和父母行为的影响。一项交叉促进研究将有助于建立对男性互动中涉及的行为和形态特征的遗传影响水平。该项目在几个层面上都很重要。首先，它将有助于为育种偏好策略的发展提供更好的理论。其次，它将揭示女性在行为进化中灵活性的某些含义。最后，该项目将研究男性与女性之间社会互动对女性行为发展的影响。对性别特定行为发展的一般理解以及男性和女性之间的社会行为对发展的影响具有重要意义，了解了有关性别特定进化过程的各种生物学问题。