Decoy presentations as a means to manipulate the risk of extrapair copulation: an experimental study in a semicolonial raptor, the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)

Mate guarding and frequent copulations are two alternative paternity assurance strategies found in birds. In species with intense courtship feeding, like raptors, the “frequent copulation” strategy is expected because male food provisioning conflicts with mate guarding. We evaluated experimentally t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2001-01, Vol.12 (1), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser:	Mougeov, François, Arroyo, Beatriz E., Bretagnolle, Vincent
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Circus pygargus copulation experimental manipulation mate guarding sperm competition
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