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Social and genetic mating system of Ridgway's hawk (Buteo ridgwayi), an endemic raptor on Hispaniola

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2013

Lance G. Woolaver ,
Rina K. Nichols ,
Eugene S. Morton  and
Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
Lance G. Woolaver*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Rina K. Nichols
Affiliation:
Wildlife Preservation Canada, RR#5 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6J2, Canada
Eugene S. Morton
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
*
1Corresponding author. Present address: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, BP 8511, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar. Email: lancewoolaver@hotmail.com
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Abstract:

Patterns of social organization and mating systems have been shown to be functions of ecological factors such as resource allocation and breeding density. In some species, particularly birds, social organization and genetic mating systems differ with molecular studies providing evidence of extra-pair young frequently occurring within broods of socially monogamous species. Here we examine the social and genetic mating system of an ecologically little-known forest raptor endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. From 2005–2009, our field observations of over 60 breeding pairs verified a social mating system of monogamy for the species. During the same time period, we collected blood samples (n = 146 birds, 48 nests) and used microsatellite profiles from 10 loci to estimate genetic relatedness among nestlings in a brood and assign putative fathers. We found no evidence of extra-pair paternity in 41 broods. We had one instance where a social male was not assigned as the putative father, however, the confidence level of this assignment was not significant since the genotypes of the social and assigned males were very similar. Our results support our hypothesis that genetic monogamy would be exhibited by Ridgway's hawk, an island-endemic tropical raptor.

Keywords

Buteo ridgwayiextra-pair paternity (EPP)monogamynestling relatednesspaternity exclusiontropics
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Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 531 - 540
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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