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Extra-Pair Copulations in Black-Capped Chickadees: The Role of the Female

โœ Scribed by Susan M. Smith


Book ID
125560586
Publisher
Brill
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
693 KB
Volume
107
Category
Article
ISSN
0005-7959

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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