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Details of project

  
Identifier
43390
Type K
Principal investigator Székely, Tamás
Title in Hungarian Az utódgondozási rendszer szerepe a függőcinege ivari allokációjában
Title in English The role of parental care in sex allocation of Penduline Tits
Panel Ecology and evolution 1
Department or equivalent Department of Ethology (Eötvös Loránd University)
Participants Liker, András
Szentirmai, István
Starting date 2003-01-01
Closing date 2006-12-31
Funding (in million HUF) 7.520
FTE (full time equivalent) 0.00
state closed project





 

Final report

  
Results in Hungarian
A kutatasunk fo celja a fuggocinegek ivari konfliktusanak vizsgalata volt, specifikusan annak felmerese, hogy az ivari konfliktus hogyan befolyasolja a szex allokaciot. Tobb lenyeges lepest tettunk a celok elerese fele. Egyreszt, egy terepi vizsgalatsorozatban kumutattuk, hogy a himek szemcsikjanak merete es kondiciioja befolyasolja a szulok utodgondozo viselkedeset. Masreszt, egy aviariumi kiserletben tesztetunk 2 jelleget amik varhatoan szerepet jatszanak a tojok parvalasztasaban. Harmadreszt, becsultuk a himekl es nostenyek szaporodasi sikeret, es kimutattuk, hogy a neme erdeke ellentetes.
Results in English
The objectiove of the project was to investigate sexual conflict in penduline tits, specifically, to assess the implication of this conflict for sex allocation. We made important advances to achieve this objective. First, carried out a series of field investigations that identified the eye-stripe size of males and their body condition as traits involved in parental decision. Second, in an aviary we tested 2 putative traits involved in female choice. Finally, we quantified the reproductive success of male and female penduline tits, and showed their antagonistic interest.
Full text http://real.mtak.hu/1054/
Decision
Yes





 

List of publications

  
Bleeker, M., Kingma, S.A., Szentirmai, I., Székely, T. & Komdeur, J.: Body condition and clutch desertion in the penduline tit Remiz pendulinus., Behaviour 142: 2465-1478, 2005
Bókony, V., Liker, A., Székely, T., Kis, J., Szentirmai, I. & Lendvai, A.Z.: A melaninalapú színezet funkciója a madaraknál: a hódító fekete?, Allattani Kozlemenyek 90: 17-28, 2005
Mészáros, A.L., Kajdocsi, S., Szentirmai, I., Komdeur, J. & Székely, T.: Dispersal in penduline tit Remiz pendulinus, European Journal of Wildlife Research 52: 39-42, 2005
Szentirmai, I., Liker, A. & Székely, T.: The influence of nest quality on heat loss of eggs in Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus., Acta Zoologica Hungarica 51:59-66, 2005
Kingma, S.A., Szentirmai, I., Bókony, V., Liker, A., Bleeker, M., Székely, T. & Komdeur, J.: Man in black: girls just love it. The function of melanin-based plumage pigment in promiscuous penduline tits., International Behavioural Ecology Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2004
Pogány, Á., Szentirmai, I. & Székely, T.: Sexual conflict over parental care: environmental influence or genetic determination?, Gordon Research Conference on Genes and Behaviour, Ventura, USA., 2003
Székely, T. & Szentirmai, I.: al conflict over parental care in penduline tits., European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, 2004
Szentirmai, I., Komdeur, J. & Székely, T.: Does nest building and nest size influence breeding system in penduline tit?, 10th Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, Shrewsbury, UK, 2004
Kingma, S.A., Bókony, V., Székely, T., Szentirmai, I., Liker, A., Bleeker, M. & Komdeur, J.: Sexual selection and the function of melanin-based plumage colouration in promiscuous penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus)., EGI Student Ornithology Conference, Oxford, UK, 2005
Bleeker, M., Kingma, S.A., Szentirmai, I., Székely, T. & Komdeur, J.: Body condition and parental behaviour in penduline tits., EGI Student Ornithology Conference, Oxford, UK., 2005
Van Dijk, R.E., Szentirmai, I., Komdeur, J. & Székely, T.: The process of clutch desertion in the Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)., EGI Student Ornithology Conference, Oxford, UK., 2005
van Dijk, R.E., Szentirmai I, Komdeur J & T Székely: Sexual conflict over parental care in Penduline Tits: the process of clutch desertion., Ibis, atdolgozott kezirat benyujtva, 2005
Pogány Á, Szentirmai I & T Székely: Variance of sexually selected traits in relation to reproductive success in European penduline tits Remiz pendulinus, XXIX. International Ethological Conference, Budapest, 2005
Szentirmai, I., T. Székely & J Komdeur: Sexual conflict in penduline tits, International Behavioral Ecology Congress,m Tours, 2006
Szentirmai I, Komdeur J. & T Székely: What makes a nest-building male successful? Male behavior and female care in penduline tits., Behavioral Ecology 16: 994-1000., 2005



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