When Older Males Sire More Offspring—Increased Attractiveness or Higher Fertility?

ABSTRACT: In birds with extrapair mating, older males usually have higher fertilization success than younger males. Two hypotheses can potentially explain this pattern: 1) females prefer older, and often more ornamented males, or 2) older males invest more in reproduction and fertility than younger...

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Autores principales: Lifjeld, Jan T., Kleven, Oddmund, Fossøy, Frode, Jacobsen, Frode, Laskemoen, Terje, Rudolfsen, Geir, Robertson, Raleigh J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9034975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35535127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03170-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9034975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35535127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03170-0

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