• DOI:10.1007/BF00300169
Corpus ID: 8149430

Comparative costs of promiscuity and monogramy: A test of reproductive effort theory

@article{Post2004ComparativeCO,
  title={Comparative costs of promiscuity and monogramy: A test of reproductive effort theory},
  author={W. Post and J. S. Greenlaw},
  journal={Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology},
  year={2004},
  volume={10},
  pages={101-107}
}

W. Post, J. S. Greenlaw

Published 2004

Biology

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

SummarySharp-tailed sparrows Ammospiza caudacuta and seaside sparrows A. maritima co-occupy salt marshes in northeastern North America and are ecologically similar. Female caudacuta care for their young unaided, in comparison to martima's dual parental behavior. The annual reproductive effort of female caudacuta is higher than that of female maritima. Under reproductive effort theory, as both species' reproductive output is the same, female caudacuta should have a lower probability of survival… CONTINUE READING

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