Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central and Eastern European populations of the barn swallow

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/19:10397361 RIV/00023272:_____/19:10134651 RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110909

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5629" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5629</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5629" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.5629</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central and Eastern European populations of the barn swallow

Original language description

Variation in intensity and targets of sexual selection on multiple traits has been suggested to play a major role in promoting phenotypic differentiation between populations, although the divergence in selection may depend on year, local conditions or age. In this study, we quantified sexual selection for two putative sexual signals across two Central and East European barn swallow (Hirundo rustica rustica) populations from Czech Republic and Romania over multiple years. We then related these differences in selection to variation in sexual characters among barn swallow populations. Our results show that tail length and ventral coloration vary between populations, sexes, and age classes (first-time breeders vs. experienced birds). We found that selection on tail length was stronger in first-time breeders than in experienced birds and in males than in females in the Romanian population, while these differences between age groups and sexes were weak in Czech birds. We suggest that the populational difference in selection on tail length might be related to the differences in breeding conditions. Our results show that ventral coloration is darker (i.e., has lower brightness) in the Romanian than in the Czech population, and in experienced birds and males compared with first-time breeders and females, respectively. The sexual difference in ventral coloration may suggest sexual selection on this trait, which is supported by the significant directional selection of ventral coloration in first-time breeding males on laying date. However, after controlling for the confounding effect of wing length and tarsus length, the partial directional selection gradient on this trait turned nonsignificant, suggesting that the advantage of dark ventral coloration in early breeding birds is determined by the correlated traits of body size. These findings show that ventral coloration may be advantageous over the breeding season, but the underlying mechanism of this relationship is not clarified.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecology and Evolution

ISSN

2045-7758

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

19

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

11277-11287

UT code for WoS article

000485004100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85071752040