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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...
Autores principales: | Lifjeld, Jan T., Kleven, Oddmund, Fossøy, Frode, Jacobsen, Frode, Laskemoen, Terje, Rudolfsen, Geir, Robertson, Raleigh J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2022
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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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