WT, Since I don't study this, I'm giving a, "What I've heard in the news," response. There were two stories awhile back, both relating to animals in captivity, about homosexual pair bonding. One was with penguins, I think they also raised a chick together, and the other was with dolphins. Given that long-term pair bonding only occurs in 8-11 species in the entire animal kingdom, the question might be moot anyway.
That is my inexpert response. Have a great expedition! Génie Eugénie MontBlanc Great Basin Fire Science Delivery Coordinator University of Nevada/Mail Stop 0186, Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 775-784-1107 (Fax: -1109) Email: e...@cabnr.unr.edu Web: www.gbfiresci.org Twitter: @GBfirescience -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:32 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Expedition notice and question [NOTE:] I will be on expedition (with a stop at the National Native Seed Conference in Santa Fe NM on April 10) until the two weeks at the end of April and the first week of May, then gone again beginning the 2nd week of May until around May 24. I will not be checking email during those periods, but will respond to as many email messages as possible during those hiatuses. A third expedition following those is likely, but the period of hiatus is iffy.] Here is my parting question. Please feel free to post it on other lists. Re: Homosexuality in animals other than Homo sapiens. We know that homosexual behavior occurs in other species in some forms (Bonobo chimpanzees [Pan paniscus], for example), and we know that hermaphrodites of some species fertilize each other simultaneously. But my question is in which species other than humans, does EXCLUSIVE homosexuality, especially in the form of pair bonds, occur? WT I'll pick up my answers in late April. If I have time, I may be able to respond to some today. Please respond on-list, and not to me personally.