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Predictably Philandering Females Prompt Poor Paternal Provisioning.

The American naturalist - 1 Aug 2016

Schroeder Julia, Hsu Yu-Hsun, Winney Isabel, Simons Mirre, Nakagawa Shinichi, Burke Terry

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One predicted cost of female infidelity in socially monogamous species is that cuckolded males should provide less parental care. This relationship is robust across species, but evidence is ambiguous within species. We do not know whether individual males reduce their care when paired with cheating females compared with when paired with faithful females (within-male adjustment) or, alternatively, if the males...

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PMID: 27420786
DOI: 10.1086/687243

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