Increased extra-pair paternity in broods of aging males and enhanced recruitment of extra-pair young in a migratory bird

Despite keen interest in extra-pair mating in birds, its adaptive significance remains unresolved. Here, we use a multi-year dataset to test whether traits of a female’s social mate influence her propensity to produce extra-pair offspring in a population of house wrens, and whether producing extra-p...

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Published in:Evolution
Main Authors: Bowers, E. Keith, Forsman, Anna M., Masters, Brian S., Johnson, Bonnie G. P., Johnson, L. Scott, Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605575/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258950
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12746
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