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Articles by Markus Zöttl
Philopatry yields higher fitness than dispersal in a cooperative breeder with sex-specific life history trajectories
Abstract Social evolution is tightly linked to dispersal decisions, but the ecological and social factors selecting for philopatry or dispersal often remain obscure. Elucidating selection mechanisms underlying alternative life histories requires measurement of fitness effects in the wild. We report on a long-term field study of 496 individually marked cooperatively breeding fish, showing that philopatry is beneficial as it increases breeding tenure and lifetime reproductive success in both sexes.
Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats
Research article: Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats Jack Thorley, Nathan Katlein, Katy Goddard, Markus Zöttl, Tim Clutton-Brock Proc. R. Soc. B 2018 285 20180897; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0897. Published 6 June 2018
Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry
Research article: Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry Miquel Torrents-Ticó, Nigel C. Bennett, Jennifer U. M. Jarvis, Markus Zöttl Biol. Lett. 2018 14 20180005; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0005. Published 21 February 2018
Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks
Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks Markus Zöttl, Jack Thorley, David Gaynor, Nigel C. Bennett, Tim Clutton-Brock Biol. Lett. 2016 12 20160820; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0820. Published 14 December 2016
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