A potential role for immigrant reproductive behavior in the outcome of population augmentations

Augmenting wild populations with translocated individuals is a powerful conservation tool to achieve genetic rescue, but little is known about the role mating behavior plays in the success of augmentation efforts. We studied the behavior of male Trinidadian guppies Poecilia reticulata introduced into experimental mesocosm populations and assessed whether mating behavior influenced reproductive success. A previously published analysis of the same...