Affiliation:
1. Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo , CA 93407 , USA
2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, AL , USA
Abstract
Abstract
Behaviours can be adaptively correlated with each other and with other aspects of phenotype. We investigated behaviour across foraging, mating, and risk contexts in females of the poeciliid fish, Girardinus metallicus. We quantified relationships between these behaviours and aggression signals, body size, and reproductive output. Behaviours describing aggression and boldness, some of which were repeatable, were correlated in females. Aggression was signalled by the darkening of a black spot on the extended dorsal fin or by fin flaring. Spot darkening occurred during intra- and intersexual interactions and was positively correlated with interfemale aggression and negatively correlated with the time females spent following males, suggesting that it is an honest indicator of motivational state. In contrast, fin flaring was directed only at females and occurred more frequently in the foraging context. Larger females had fewer offspring and received fewer courtship displays, possibly because they were more aggressive to males. In contrast to studies of males, we found a negative relationship between rank order of boldness and aggression, consistent with either a trade-off or with selection favouring the negative relationship. Our results highlight the importance of studying females in model systems to uncover novel patterns and potentially meaningful departures from what is typically seen in males.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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