Male parental care, differential parental investment by females and sexual selection
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A review of literature on paternal parental investment and female mate choice is presented. The extent of male parental contribution and female mate choice show considerable variation. An extreme relationship in this case is the differential maternal contribution secondary to male attractiveness where females shoulder much of the cost of rearing when paired with an attractive mate. This is balanced by an indirect benefit in terms of more viable progeny or more attractive sons.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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Polygynous male starlings allocate parental effort according to relative hatching date
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The contribution of polygynous male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the rearing of their offsprings was examined. The order of the hatching of the primary and secondary females' clutches was switched to determine whether the parent investment of bigynous males is predetermined or influenced by changes in the relative age of broods. The findings indicate that the males allocate their parental effort between their broods based on relative brood age.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Male provision is negatively correlated with attempted extrapair copulation frequency in the stichbird (or hihi)
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Male stichbirds tend to invest less in terms of provisioning of offspring if there are high levels of extrapair copulation.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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