No other theme in animal biology seems to be more central than the concept of employing
strategies to survive and successfully reproduce. In nature, controlling or avoiding …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Extrapair mating has been recorded in approximately 90% of investigated avian
monogamous species. However, factors triggering female mating decisions and potential …

The extent to which active female mating preferences influence male reproductive success
in mammals is unclear, particularly for promiscuously breeding species like chimpanzees …

Traditional models for female extra‐pair matings assume that females benefit indirectly from
extra‐pair mating behaviour. Under these so‐called adaptive models, extra‐pair males are …

Mating between related individuals results in inbreeding depression, and this has been
thought to select against incestuous matings. However, theory predicts that inbreeding can …

Socially monogamous female birds routinely mate with males outside the pair bond. Three
alternative hypotheses consider genetic benefits as the major driver behind the female …

Sexual selection is a fundamental evolutionary process but remains debated, particularly in
the complexity of polyandrous populations where females mate with multiple males. This …

Most songbirds are socially monogamous, yet molecular studies have found that in most
species, some offspring in the nest are sired by males other than the social mate of the …

Extra pair paternity is widespread in birds, but its high variability across years, populations,
and species is to a great extent unresolved. Here we explored, during 2 breeding seasons …