Male Parental Care and Apparent Monogamy Among Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

@article{Gowaty1983MalePC,
  title={Male Parental Care and Apparent Monogamy Among Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)},
  author={Patricia Adair Gowaty},
  journal={The American Naturalist},
  year={1983},
  volume={121},
  pages={149 - 157}
}
  • P. Gowaty
  • Published 1 February 1983
  • Biology
  • The American Naturalist
Because 95.5% of breeding eastern bluebirds on study sites in South Carolina were apparently monogamous, I examined hypotheses for the evolution of monogamy. In an effort to assess the effects of male parental care on female reproductive success, males were removed from breeding territories after clutch completion. Experimentally deserted females and control, paired females were matched by age, brood number, habitat type, and study area. No significant differences were found for any measures of… Expand
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