Dispersal influences genetic and acoustic spatial structure for both males and females in a tropical songbird.

ABSTRACT: Animals exhibit diverse dispersal strategies, including sex-biased dispersal, a phenomenon common in vertebrates. Dispersal influences the genetic structure of populations as well as geographic variation in phenotypic traits. Patterns of spatial genetic structure and geographic variation may vary between the sexes whenever males and females exhibit different dispersal behaviors. Here, we examine dispersal, spatial genetic structure, and spatial acoustic structure in Rufous-and-white Wrens, a year-round resident tropical bird. Both sexes sing in this species, allowing us to compare acoustic variation between males and females and examine the relationship between dispersal and song sharing for both sexes. Using a long-term dataset collected over an 11-year period, we used banding data and mo

SUBMITTER: Graham BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5723598 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature