EFFECTS OF PREDATION, PARASITES, AND PHYLOGENY ON THE EVOLUTION OF BRIGHT COLORATION IN NORTH-AMERICAN MALE PASSERINES

被引：48

作者：

JOHNSON, SG

机构：

[1] Museum of Natural History and Department of Systematics and Ecology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, 66045-2454, KS

来源：

EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY | 1991年 / 5卷 / 01期

关键词：

BRIGHT BIRDS; PREDATION; PHYLOGENY; PARASITISM;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02285245

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Numerous mechanisms have been proposed to account for the evolution of cryptic and bright coloration in passerine birds. The Hamilton-Zuk revealing handicap model holds that cyclic interactions between hosts and parasites maintain additive genetic variance in secondary sexual traits and adaptive mate choice of resistant genotypes ensues (Hamilton and Zuk, 1982). Here I report no support for this model using various within-taxa techniques to test the functional relationship between the prevalence of hematozoan parasites and male brightness in many species of North American passerines. I establish that phylogeny and predation risk are most strongly associated with variation in male coloration. Ground-nesting passerines are considerably more cryptic than off-ground nesters, and there is evidence that ground-nesting passerines are under greater predation risk. Predation risk may limit the role of sexual selection in the development of bright coloration.

引用

页码：52 / 62

页数：11

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