Article
Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: a bayesian modeling approach comparing four species.
The American naturalist - 1 Aug 2010
Brommer Jon E, Alho Jussi S, Biard Clotilde, Chapman Joanne R, Charmantier Anne, Dreiss Amelie, Hartley Ian R, Hjernquist Mårten B, Kempenaers Bart, Komdeur Jan, Laaksonen Toni, Lehtonen Paula K, Lubjuhn Thomas, Patrick Samantha C, Rosivall Balázs, Tinbergen Joost M, van der Velde Marco, van Oers Kees, Wilk Tomasz, Winkel Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
In many socially monogamous animals, females engage in extrapair copulation (EPC), causing some broods to contain both within-pair and extrapair young (EPY). The proportion of all young that are EPY varies across populations and species. Because an EPC that does not result in EPY leaves no forensic trace, this variation in the proportion of EPY reflects both variation in the tendency to engage in EPC and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.