Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2019
Journal / Book Title
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Abstract
Covariation among behavioral and physiological traits is thought to enhance reproductive success and Darwinian fitness. Species that exhibit alternative mating strategies provide excellent opportunities to assess the relative contributions of physiological and behavioral traits to fitness. Male side-blotched lizards (Uta stans-buriana) exhibit three heritable throat color morphs that are associated with alternative mating behaviors. The three morphs differ in resource holding potential, mate attraction, mate defense, and physiological performance. We examined interrelationships of body mass, stamina, field metabolic rate, growth rate, and survival to the second capture (a fitness proxy). Relationships among variables were complex, and mass, stamina, and throat color interacted to predict male survival. Our analyses suggest that male side-blotched lizards exhibit trade-offs among physiological traits related to reproductive success and survival and that differential survival for different combinations of traits has caused correlational selection, leading to adaptive integration of phenotypic traits associated with alternative mating strategies.
DOI
10.1086/703136
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Hazard, Lisa; Nagy, Kenneth A.; Miles, Donald B.; Svensson, Erik I.; Costa, Daniel; and Sinervo, Barry, "Integration of Genotype, Physiological Performance, and Survival in a Lizard (Uta stansburiana) with Alternative Mating Strategies" (2019). Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 104.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/biology-facpubs/104
Published Citation
Hazard, L. C., Nagy, K. A., Miles, D. B., Svensson, E. I., Costa, D., & Sinervo, B. (2019). Integration of genotype, physiological performance, and survival in a lizard (Uta stansburiana) with alternative mating strategies. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 92(3), 303-315.