Environmental quality shapes the fitness payoffs of multiple paternity
Our study shows that ecological and social conditions interact to shape the fitness consequences of polyandry, with resource quality emerging as a key factor. These context-dependent benefits highlight how resource availability may influence the evolutionary maintenance of polyandrous mating in multi-male, multi-female systems.
Authors
- Fragkiskos Darmis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-676X)
- Anja Guenther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2350-0185)
Institutions
- University of Hildesheim (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Ecology and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02478-5
- Primary Topic
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00