Phenology-mediated effects of phenotype on the probability of social polygyny and its fitness consequences in a migratory passerine

Abstract Why females engage in social polygyny remains an unresolved question in species where the resources provided by males maximize female fitness. In these systems, the ability of males to access several females, as well as the willingness of females to mate with an already mated male, and the...

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Main Authors: David Canal, Lotte Schlicht, Simone Santoro, Carlos Camacho, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Jaime Potti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01786-w