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DESCRIPTION: Alongside the wide diversification of behaviours we observe ac
 ross species\, understanding how behavioural variation persists in populat
 ions is a central question in evolutionary biology. In this talk\, I prese
 nt research across three animal systems that share a common thread: the co
 existence of alternative behavioural strategies. I draw on these systems t
 o explore how sexual selection drives the diversification of courtship dis
 plays across and within species\, and how trade-offs between cooperation a
 nd competition allow seemingly suboptimal strategies to persist alongside 
 dominant ones. I then extend this framework beyond the context of sexual s
 election\, examining how individual and group-level dispersal strategies c
 oexist\, vary across populations\, and may be shaped by environmental cond
 itions. Together\, these systems reveal that behavioural variation is not 
 noise but an evolutionarily meaningful outcome of selection acting on soci
 al context and individual trade-offs. Understanding when and why the "subo
 ptimal" strategy persists is key to understanding behavioural evolution.\n
 Vortragende(r): Daniela Perez
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LOCATION:MPI-AB Möggingen\, Raum: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online
ORGANIZER;CN=Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior:mailto:kkumari@ab.mpg.
 de
SUMMARY:Institute Seminar by Daniela Perez:  Cooperation\, competition and 
 the persistence of behavioural diversity 
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