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1 COSTS OF REPRODUCTION

2 COSTS FOR FEMALES A. Gestational Costs –

3 COSTS FOR FEMALES B. Lactational Costs – Compared with pregnancy costs 80% 200+%

4 COSTS FOR FEMALES B. Lactational Costs – Effect of litter size 2x

5 COSTS FOR FEMALES C. Variation Due to Sex of Offspring – Polygyny and sexual dimorphism

6 COSTS FOR FEMALES

7 C. Variation Due to Sex of Offspring

8 COSTS FOR FEMALES C. Variation Due to Sex of Offspring – Bighorn sheep:

9 COSTS FOR FEMALES C. Variation Due to Sex of Offspring – Bighorn sheep:

10 COSTS FOR MALES A. Behavioral – Increased movements during breeding season

11 COSTS FOR MALES A. Behavioral – Increased scent marking during breeding season

12 COSTS FOR MALES A. Behavioral – Costs of fighting red deer – 13-29% of mortality mule deer – 19% injury

13 COSTS FOR MALES B. Morphological – antler growth

14 COSTS FOR MALES C. Physiological – Example: Brown antechinus

15 COSTS FOR MALES C. Physiological – Brown antechinus males

16 COSTS FOR MALES C. Physiological – Example: Brown antechinus

17 COSTS COMMON TO BOTH SEXES The cost of poor mate choice l inbreeding l immunodeficiencies l lowered reproductive success

18 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION A. Theories for Adjusting Sex Ratios at Birth – Variation in reproductive success of males and females (Trivers-Willard hypothesis)

19 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION A. Theories for Adjusting Sex Ratios at Birth Predictions of Trivers-Willard for polygynous species:

20 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION A. Theories for Adjusting Sex Ratios at Birth – Local resource competition In primates: – inheritance of female dominance, so …

21 …male reproductive success is not closely tied to maternal investment Mandrill Japanese macaques Proboscis monkeys

22 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION A. Theories for Adjusting Sex Ratios at Birth – Local resource competition Predictions: – produce philopatric sex if resources plentiful – only dominant females produce philopatric sex if food scarce

23 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION B. Potential Causes – Timing of insemination

24 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION B. Potential Causes – Sperm selection in females Production of leukocytes

25 CUTTING REPRODUCTIVE COSTS: SEX RATIO VARIATION B. Potential Causes – Sperm selection in males

26 CUTTING COSTS: COOPERATIVE BREEDING A. Carnivores biparental or communal care higher milk production increased postnatal growth rates

27 CUTTING COSTS: COOPERATIVE BREEDING B. Primates (marmosets) elevated growth rates reduced intervals between births

28 CUTTING COSTS: COOPERATIVE BREEDING C. Rodents (prairie voles) older juvenile helpers increased weight at weaning shorter time to eye opening

29 CUTTING COSTS: INFANTICIDE AS A REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY A. An Evolutionary Perspective – Males safeguard paternity – Males increase offspring sired – Females reduce losses Hanuman langurs

30 CUTTING COSTS: INFANTICIDE AS A REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY B. Removing the Log from Our Own Eye – Darwin on infanticide in humans – Infanticide in societies hunter-gatherers ancient Greece 18th century Europe and bed deaths girls in colonial America girls in India, China


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