How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird?
Abstract Sociality is known to be capable of slowing individual senescence, but it is unclear whether the effect differs for reproduction versus survival in a sex‐specific manner. Here we predict that social benefits are directed toward (1) somatic maintenance in harsh environments where high surviv...
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| author | Haiying Fan Weibin Guo Xin Lu |
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| description | Abstract Sociality is known to be capable of slowing individual senescence, but it is unclear whether the effect differs for reproduction versus survival in a sex‐specific manner. Here we predict that social benefits are directed toward (1) somatic maintenance in harsh environments where high survival prospects of adults over young intensify the trade‐off between current and future reproduction, and (2) females that invest more in reproduction and have a greater marginal effect if their survival is improved by reducing the cost of reproduction. These two predictions are tested with cooperatively breeding Tibetan ground tits (Pseudopodoces humilis). Across the lifetime, both mothers and fathers with helpers did not differ in brood size at fledging from their counterparts without helpers. The presence of helpers reduced survival senescence of both parents, but mothers benefited more than fathers from receiving help. Consequently, the inherent sex difference in life span and along with lifetime reproductive success, as expressed in breeders of never‐receiving help, became no longer obvious. The model of social modulation for senescence should facilitate the persistence of cooperative breeding in challenging environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-620c460e9bff4d419df8dc722d27713e2023-02-03T07:25:47ZengWileyEcosphere2150-89252022-12-011312n/an/a10.1002/ecs2.4314How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird?Haiying Fan0Weibin Guo1Xin Lu2Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaDepartment of Ecology, College of Life Sciences Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaDepartment of Ecology, College of Life Sciences Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaAbstract Sociality is known to be capable of slowing individual senescence, but it is unclear whether the effect differs for reproduction versus survival in a sex‐specific manner. Here we predict that social benefits are directed toward (1) somatic maintenance in harsh environments where high survival prospects of adults over young intensify the trade‐off between current and future reproduction, and (2) females that invest more in reproduction and have a greater marginal effect if their survival is improved by reducing the cost of reproduction. These two predictions are tested with cooperatively breeding Tibetan ground tits (Pseudopodoces humilis). Across the lifetime, both mothers and fathers with helpers did not differ in brood size at fledging from their counterparts without helpers. The presence of helpers reduced survival senescence of both parents, but mothers benefited more than fathers from receiving help. Consequently, the inherent sex difference in life span and along with lifetime reproductive success, as expressed in breeders of never‐receiving help, became no longer obvious. The model of social modulation for senescence should facilitate the persistence of cooperative breeding in challenging environments.https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4314helper effectlife historylifetime fitnesslongevityreproductive agingsociality |
| spellingShingle | Haiying Fan Weibin Guo Xin Lu How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird? Ecosphere helper effect life history lifetime fitness longevity reproductive aging sociality |
| title | How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird? |
| title_full | How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird? |
| title_fullStr | How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird? |
| title_short | How do helpers slow senescence in a Tibetan cooperatively breeding bird? |
| title_sort | how do helpers slow senescence in a tibetan cooperatively breeding bird |
| topic | helper effect life history lifetime fitness longevity reproductive aging sociality |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4314 |
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