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Extra-pair copulations in a predominantly monogamous bird: observations of behaviour

โœ Scribed by David F. Westneat


Book ID
117030467
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
1000 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-3472

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A previously unrecognized selective pressure is proposed here which may contribute to the formation of bird colonies: the pursuit of extra-pair copulations (EPCs) by females. The "EPC hypothesis" employs the mechanisms of models of lek evolution which explain how males in promiscuous species cluster