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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2023

Modelling the impacts of male alternative reproductive tactics on population dynamics.

Jennifer A M Young, Sigal Balshine, David J D Earn

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Jennifer A M YoungDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.
Sigal BalshineDepartment of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.ORCID 0000-0003-3671-0517
David J D EarnDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.ORCID 0000-0002-7562-1341

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Abstract

Observations of male alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) in a variety of species have stimulated the development of mathematical models that can account for the evolution and stable coexistence of multiple male phenotypes. However, little attention has been given to the population dynamic consequences of ARTs. We present a population model that takes account of the existence of two male ARTs (guarders and sneakers), assuming that tactic frequencies are environmentally determined and tactic reproductive success depends on the densities of both types. The presence of sneakers typically increases overall population density. However, if sneakers comprise a sufficiently large proportion of the population-or, equivalently, if guarders are sufficiently rare-then it is possible for the total population to crash to extinction (in this extreme regime, there is also an Allee effect, i.e. a threshold density below which the population will go extinct). We apply the model to the example of the invasive round goby (

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PerciformesReproductionAnimalsMalePopulation DensityPopulation DynamicsSexual Behavior, AnimalguarderLake Ontariomathematical modellingpopulation biologysneakersperm competition

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PMID37876276
PMCPMC10598431

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