Mating system of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles, in a high density population.

Abstract:

:Badgers are facultatively social, forming large groups at high density. Group-living appears to have high reproductive costs for females, and may lead to increased levels of inbreeding. The extent of female competition for reproduction has been estimated from field data, but knowledge of male reproductive success and the extent of extra-group paternity remains limited. Combining field data with genetic data (16 microsatellite loci), we studied the mating system of 10 badger social groups across 14 years in a high-density population. From 923 badgers, including 425 cubs, we were able to assign maternity to 307 cubs, with both parents assigned to 199 cubs (47%) with 80% confidence, and 14% with 95% confidence. Age had a significant effect on the probability of reproduction, seemingly as a result of a deficit of individuals aged two years and greater than eight years attaining parentage. We estimate that approximately 30% of the female population successfully reproduced in any given year, with a similar proportion of the male population gaining paternity across the same area. While it was known there was a cost to female reproduction in high density populations, it appears that males suffer similar, but not greater, costs. Roughly half of assigned paternity was attributed to extra-group males, the majority of which were from neighbouring social groups. Few successful matings occurred between individuals born in the same social group (22%). The high rate of extra-group mating, previously unquantified, may help reduce inbreeding, potentially making philopatry a less costly strategy.

journal_name

Mol Ecol

journal_title

Molecular ecology

authors

Carpenter PJ,Pope LC,Greig C,Dawson DA,Rogers LM,Erven K,Wilson GJ,Delahay RJ,Cheeseman CL,Burke T

doi

10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02401.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

273-84

issue

1

eissn

0962-1083

issn

1365-294X

pii

MEC2401

journal_volume

14

pub_type

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