Elevated corticosterone levels elicit non-calling mating tactics in male toads independently of changes in circulating androgens.

Abstract:

:Competition among males for a limited number of females may result in the expression of condition-dependent alternative mating tactics. In such cases, decision rules mediating mating tactic expression are likely to be influenced by a male's external as well as internal environment. For example, experimental studies with anuran amphibians (frogs and toads) indicate that changes in the social-acoustic environment alter the probability that an individual adopts a calling versus non-calling "satellite" mating tactic. However, there is considerable variation in the behavioral responses of individuals in such studies, suggesting that physiological differences among individuals play an important role in tactic expression. For instance, recent models predict that natural elevation in adrenal glucocorticoids during vocal production alters androgen production and/or neural activity to mediate transitions between reproductive tactic expression in anuran amphibians. Using corticosteroid injections, we show that elevation in circulating corticosterone levels significantly increase the probability that free-ranging male Great Plains toads (Bufo cognatus) and Woodhouse's toads (B. woodhousii) adopt a non-calling satellite tactic. Corticosterone-induced behavioral transitions occurred rapidly (<1 h) and independently of fluctuations in circulating androgen levels, suggesting a direct effect of glucocorticoids on brain centers controlling vocal production. We discuss our findings in the context of behavioral studies that alter the social-acoustic environment to examine its influence on tactic expression.

journal_name

Horm Behav

journal_title

Hormones and behavior

authors

Leary CJ,Garcia AM,Knapp R

doi

10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.09.004

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-04-01 00:00:00

pages

425-32

issue

4

eissn

0018-506X

issn

1095-6867

pii

S0018-506X(05)00215-1

journal_volume

49

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