Sexual conflict in the house sparrow: in
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JosΓ© P. Veiga
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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The reproductive success of female house sparrows mated with polygynous males depended to some extent on the aid received from their mates. Polygynous males fed nestlings at the same rate as monogamous males although polygynous males gave aid almost exclusively to one of their mates (the "preferred"