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Testing the sexy son hypothesis—a research framework for empirical approaches

Thomas Huk and Wolfgang Winkel

Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland," An der Vogelwarte 21, D-26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Address correspondence to T. Huk, who is now at Department of Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Rebenring 58A, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany. E-mail: t.huk@tu-braunschweig.de.

Received 21 March 2007; revised 30 November 2007; accepted 3 December 2007.

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   INTRODUCTION
 
Sexual selection by direct and/or indirect benefits as well as sexual conflict determines the evolution of animal mating systems (e.g., Andersson and Simmons 2006Go). In polygynous mating systems, the female preference of apparently useless or deleterious male characteristics can be understood if a correlation between preferred male characteristics and direct benefits for the female exists (see polygyny threshold model, e.g., Orians 1969Go), such as improved paternal care or territorial quality (e.g., Price et al. 1993Go; Iwasa and Pomiankowski 1999Go). This issue is particularly interesting in facultative polygynous mating systems with biparental care because the female's choice of a polygynous male as a mate is most often accompanied by a reduction in paternal care by this mate (for a review, see Ligon 1999Go). Several studies (e.g., Johnson et al. 1994Go; Pribil and Searcy 2001Go; Moreno et al. 2002Go; but see Both 2002Go) . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   SSH: CRITICAL AND COMPATIBLE PREDICTIONS
 

   SSH IN POLYGYNOUS MATING SYSTEMS WITH BIPARENTAL CARE
 

   REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES
 

   CONCLUSIONS
 

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