• DOI:10.1006/ANBE.2002.2045
Corpus ID: 53169037

Mate fidelity in monogamous birds: a re-examination of the Procellariiformes

@article{Bried2003MateFI,
  title={Mate fidelity in monogamous birds: a re-examination of the Procellariiformes},
  author={J. Bried and D. Pontier and P. Jouventin},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={2003},
  volume={65},
  pages={235-246}
}

J. Bried, D. Pontier, P. Jouventin

Published 2003

Biology

Animal Behaviour

Abstract Mate retention is classically considered advantageous for reproduction in monogamous birds: because of their low fecundity, long-lived species should show the highest year-to-year mate fidelity. However, this hypothesis remains controversial: several studies have found no correlation between mate fidelity and longevity, possibly because they did not control for potential confounding factors on each of these parameters, and one study found a negative correlation in the Procellariiformes… CONTINUE READING

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