Dispersal in bank voles: benefits to emigrants or to residents?

• Autorzy: Gliwicz J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper revises Lhe recent hypotheses on the evolution of dispersal behaviour in voles, namely Emigrant Fitness Hypothesis (EFH) versus Resident Fitness Hypo­thesis (RFH), on the basis of 3-year study on dispersal of Bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780). The studied populations lived in three types of habitats: a small island, a rich alder forest (both optimal habitats) and small patches of woods (suboptimal habitat). The island population was treated as a control for dispersal occuring in two other populations. Young voles born in the first litters of the year commonly dispersed from the optimal natal habitat into the vacant suboptimal habitat. These immigrants had higher reproductive success in the new habitat than their counterparts in the control habitat. Residents, which were parents and younger siblings of emigrants, also benefitted from the absence of dispersers: their home ranges were less crowded and food depleted, and the rates of maturation were higher than in the control habitat. The gain in the inclusive fitness of matrilines with dispersing young is postulated as a ultimate cause for dispersal. A mutual overlap in predictions of EFH and RFH is indicated.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

reproduction; dispersal behaviour; alder forest; reproductive success; Clethrionomys glareolus; small rodent; bank vole; patchy environment

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 1993
• Tom: 38
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.31-38,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Gliwicz J.

• Agricultural University of Warsaw, Rakowiecka 26-30, 02-528 Warsaw, Poland

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