Mate retention in the kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla, and the significance of nest site tenacity
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The analysis of data on mate retention and nest site tenacity of kittiwakes and the impact of forced change of breeding place shows that 73% of females and 60% of males in 1991 that bred at another place kept their mates of the earlier breeding season. For the kittiwakes that shifted to other colonies in 1992, 42% of the breeding females and 30% of the males kept their mates of the earlier season. This indicates that birds identify each other as individuals in a pair.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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Mate guarding by monogamous female razorbills
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Razorbill mating strategies were observed on Skomer Island, Wales. Monogamous female razorbills attend the mating arena neither to subject themselves to aggression nor accept extra-pair copulation but to defend their pair-bonds. Female-female aggression results due to the males' attempts at extra-pair copulation. Parental investment, sperm depletion and risk of venereal infection do not explain the attempt at preservation of monogamy by the female razorbills.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1992
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Mate fidelity and breeding site tenacity in a monogamous sandpiper, the black turnstone
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Links between mate fidelity and fidelity to territory in sandpipers have been examined in detail.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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