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={Jo{\"e}l Bried and Dominique Pontier and Pierre JouventinP. Jouventin}, journal={Animal Behaviour}, year={2003}, volume={65}, pages={235-246} }
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…
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