In spite of the huge potential impact of floaters on population processes, their biology
remains poorly understood. This review, based on ornithological literature, highlights the …

Genetic analysis of avian mating systems has revealed that more than 70% of monogamous
species show incidence of offspring parentage that does not match the social partner. Extra …

Evolutionary theory predicts that male parental care in mammals will be rare. However,
siamang males are reported to provide extensive care for infants. Infant care patterns in wild …

Propithecus edwardsi Page 1 Dispersal, Kinship, and Genetic Structure of an Endangered
Madagascar Primate, Propithecus edwardsi A Dissertation Presented by Toni Lyn Morelli to …

The advent of the molecular techniques used to assign paternity has focused attention on
the differences between the social and the genetic mating systems of sexual species. In …

Extrapair paternity involves cooperation between mated females and extrapair males. On
the other hand, mated males exhibit a spectrum of anti-cuckolding strategies. Hence …

This dissertation theorizes the concept of the tableau effect in order to investigate the
performativity of gendered notions of selfhood in novels as well as short stories, ranging …

The resource-based nature of serial monogamy makes it the most prevalent mating strategy
in avian species with finite resource availability (Lack 1968, Black 1996). However, genetic …