Mating from a female perspective: Do brown bear females play an active role in mate searching?
[EN] Background Limited information exists on the active role of females during mate searching. Theory primarily focuses on male reproductive behaviours, suggesting male distribution follows that of females, while female distribution is influenced by food resources and habitat. This approach might u...
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| Palavra-chave: | Biología Zoología Females Infanticide Mating excursions Mating strategies Movement ecology Roaming–to–mate Ursus arctos 2401.02 Comportamiento Animal 2401.06 Ecología Animal 2401.18 Mamíferos 3105.09 Influencia del Hábitat 2401.03 Comunicación Animal 3104.11 Reproducción |
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Mating from a female perspective: Do brown bear females play an active role in mate searching? Penteriani Dragone, Vincenzo Biología Zoología Females Infanticide Mating excursions Mating strategies Movement ecology Roaming–to–mate Ursus arctos 2401.02 Comportamiento Animal 2401.06 Ecología Animal 2401.18 Mamíferos 3105.09 Influencia del Hábitat 2401.03 Comunicación Animal 3104.11 Reproducción |
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Penteriani Dragone, Vincenzo Delgado Sánchez, María del Mar Kojola, Ilpo Heikkinen, Samuli Fedorca, Ancuta García Sánchez, María Pino Fedorca, Mihai Find’o, Slavomír Skuban, Michaela 1976- Balbontín Arenas, Javier Zarzo Arias, Alejandra Falcinelli, Daniele Ordiz Fernández, Andrés Avelino Swenson, Jon E. 1951- |
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Penteriani Dragone, Vincenzo Delgado Sánchez, María del Mar Kojola, Ilpo Heikkinen, Samuli Fedorca, Ancuta García Sánchez, María Pino Fedorca, Mihai Find’o, Slavomír Skuban, Michaela 1976- Balbontín Arenas, Javier Zarzo Arias, Alejandra Falcinelli, Daniele Ordiz Fernández, Andrés Avelino Swenson, Jon E. 1951- |
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Delgado Sánchez, María del Mar Kojola, Ilpo Heikkinen, Samuli Fedorca, Ancuta García Sánchez, María Pino Fedorca, Mihai Find’o, Slavomír Skuban, Michaela 1976- Balbontín Arenas, Javier Zarzo Arias, Alejandra Falcinelli, Daniele Ordiz Fernández, Andrés Avelino Swenson, Jon E. 1951- |
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Biología Zoología Females Infanticide Mating excursions Mating strategies Movement ecology Roaming–to–mate Ursus arctos 2401.02 Comportamiento Animal 2401.06 Ecología Animal 2401.18 Mamíferos 3105.09 Influencia del Hábitat 2401.03 Comunicación Animal 3104.11 Reproducción |
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Biología Zoología Females Infanticide Mating excursions Mating strategies Movement ecology Roaming–to–mate Ursus arctos 2401.02 Comportamiento Animal 2401.06 Ecología Animal 2401.18 Mamíferos 3105.09 Influencia del Hábitat 2401.03 Comunicación Animal 3104.11 Reproducción |
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[EN] Background Limited information exists on the active role of females during mate searching. Theory primarily focuses on male reproductive behaviours, suggesting male distribution follows that of females, while female distribution is influenced by food resources and habitat. This approach might underestimate the females’ role in shaping mating strategies. Incorporating a female perspective into mating studies can enhance our understanding of evolutionary factors. Methods Using GPS data from brown bears Ursus arctos across Finland, Romania and Slovakia, we explored female movement behaviour during the mating period. First, we estimated movement speed, total distance and net distance at a daily scale. Then, we quantitatively described when the movement peaks occur by estimating two critical points of the functions described by each of the aforementioned movement parameters: (1) the point in time when the rate of change in brown bear movement behaviour is the highest; and (2) the point in time when each aspect of brown bear movement is most pronounced. We quantified temporal variations in male and female movements throughout the year using generalized additive mixed models, while we used linear mixed models to assess the relationship between peak movement parameters, bear sex and population. Results Our findings identified two overlooked behaviours: (1) male and female movement parameters showed the highest rate of change during the mating season, challenging the notion of male roaming as the primary mating strategy; and (2) females travelled the longest distances during the mating season, potentially seeking high-quality mates. This behaviour aligns with the strategy of engaging in copulations with multiple males to avoid infanticide. Conclusions Our study reveals novel insights into the active role of female brown bears in mating strategies, challenging traditional male-centric views. These results support the need for detailed investigations into female behaviours across mammalian taxa, which offer potential to advance our understanding of mammalian social and mating systems. Local differences also underscore the importance of social and ecological conditions to explain variation in the female role in mating strategies |
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Mating from a female perspective: Do brown bear females play an active role in mate searching?Penteriani Dragone, VincenzoDelgado Sánchez, María del MarKojola, IlpoHeikkinen, SamuliFedorca, AncutaGarcía Sánchez, María PinoFedorca, MihaiFind’o, SlavomírSkuban, Michaela 1976-Balbontín Arenas, JavierZarzo Arias, AlejandraFalcinelli, DanieleOrdiz Fernández, Andrés AvelinoSwenson, Jon E. 1951-BiologíaZoologíaFemalesInfanticideMating excursionsMating strategiesMovement ecologyRoaming–to–mateUrsus arctos2401.02 Comportamiento Animal2401.06 Ecología Animal2401.18 Mamíferos3105.09 Influencia del Hábitat2401.03 Comunicación Animal3104.11 Reproducción[EN] Background Limited information exists on the active role of females during mate searching. Theory primarily focuses on male reproductive behaviours, suggesting male distribution follows that of females, while female distribution is influenced by food resources and habitat. This approach might underestimate the females’ role in shaping mating strategies. Incorporating a female perspective into mating studies can enhance our understanding of evolutionary factors. Methods Using GPS data from brown bears Ursus arctos across Finland, Romania and Slovakia, we explored female movement behaviour during the mating period. First, we estimated movement speed, total distance and net distance at a daily scale. Then, we quantitatively described when the movement peaks occur by estimating two critical points of the functions described by each of the aforementioned movement parameters: (1) the point in time when the rate of change in brown bear movement behaviour is the highest; and (2) the point in time when each aspect of brown bear movement is most pronounced. We quantified temporal variations in male and female movements throughout the year using generalized additive mixed models, while we used linear mixed models to assess the relationship between peak movement parameters, bear sex and population. Results Our findings identified two overlooked behaviours: (1) male and female movement parameters showed the highest rate of change during the mating season, challenging the notion of male roaming as the primary mating strategy; and (2) females travelled the longest distances during the mating season, potentially seeking high-quality mates. This behaviour aligns with the strategy of engaging in copulations with multiple males to avoid infanticide. Conclusions Our study reveals novel insights into the active role of female brown bears in mating strategies, challenging traditional male-centric views. These results support the need for detailed investigations into female behaviours across mammalian taxa, which offer potential to advance our understanding of mammalian social and mating systems. Local differences also underscore the importance of social and ecological conditions to explain variation in the female role in mating strategiesSIOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. V.P., J.B., A.Z.-A., A.O. and J.E.S. were financially supported by the I + D + i Project PID2020-114181 GB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/ https:// doi. org/ 10. 13039/ 50110 00110 33 and by the European Union. V.P. and M.M.D. were also financially supported by Grants for Research Groups of Public I+D+i Organizations in the Principality of Asturias (IDE/2024/000779; SEKUENS and EU funds). A. Z-A. was also financially supported by a Margarita Salas contract financed by the European Union-NextGenerationEU, Ministerio de Universidades y Plan de Recuperacion, Transformacion y Resiliencia, through the call of the Universidad de Oviedo (Asturias). The Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry financially supported I.K. S.F. was financially supported by the project ITMS 26220120069 under the Operational Programme Research and Development funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Dr. Joachim and Hanna Schmidt Stiftung für Umwelt und Verkehr, Germany, financially supported M.S. The financial support for A.F., M.F. and P.G.S. was provided by the project LIFE17NAT/IT/464 SAFECROSSING, by a grant (Nucleu Programme PN 23090304) of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation and “Creșterea capacității și performanței instituționale a INCDS ‘Marin Drăcea’ în activitatea de CDI—CresPerfInst” (Contract nr. 34PFE/30 December 2021) from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, Programul 1—Dezvoltarea sistemului naţional de cercetare—dezvoltare, Subprogram 1.2—Performanţă instituţională—Proiecte de finanţare a excelenţei în CDIBioMed Central (BMC)ZoologiaFacultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40462-025-00553-6https://hdl.handle.net/10612/25365reponame:BULERIA. 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