Male-male associations in spotted bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus maculatus) exhibit attributes of courtship coalitions.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Despite strong selective pressures inherent in competition for mates, in species with non-resource-based mating systems males commonly engage in non-agonistic interactions with same-sex visitors at display arenas. Bowerbirds perform courtship dances on elaborate display structures - known as bowers - that are built and defended by one resident male. Several reports have suggested that bower owners tolerate the presence of specific male visitors at their display arenas, referred to here as 'subordinates'. Subordinate males may learn the skills required for successful sexual signalling via prolonged social interactions at adults' arenas, but little is known about whether courtship proficiency changes with experience and/or whether subordinates actively contribute to enhancin

SUBMITTER: Spezie G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262789 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature