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Phenology-mediated effects of phenotype on the probability of social polygyny and its fitness consequences in a migratory passerine.
BMC ecology and evolution - 13 Apr 2021
Canal David, Schlicht Lotte, Santoro Simone, Camacho Carlos, Martínez-Padilla Jesús, Potti Jaime
Abstract excerpt
Why females engage in social polygyny remains an unresolved question in species where the resources provided by males maximize female fitness. In these systems, the ability of males to access several females, as well as the willingness of females to mate with an already mated male, and the benefits of this choice, may be constrained by the socio-ecological factors experienced at the local scale. Here, we used a...
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