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Male Phenotype, Fertility, and the Pursuit of Extra-Pair Copulations by Female Birds

โœ Scribed by Sheldon, B. C.

Book ID
120141454
Publisher
The Royal Society
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
998 KB
Volume
257
Category
Article
ISSN
0080-4649

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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