Eurasian penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus) have an unusually diverse breeding system consisting of frequent male and female polygamy, and uniparental care by the male or the female. Intriguingly, 30 to 40 per cent of all nests are deserted by both parents. To understand the evolution of this diverse breeding system and frequent clutch desertion, we use 6 years of field data to derive fitness expectations for males and females depending on whether or not they care for their offspring. The resulting payoff matrix corresponds to an asymmetric Snowdrift Game with two alternative evolutionarily stable strategies (ESSs): female-only and male-only care. This, however, does not explain the polymorphism in care strategies and frequent biparental des...
Parental care is costly, and in many organisms, the male or the female parent benefits from reducing...
Parents are expected to make fine-tuned decisions by weighing the benefits of providing care to incr...
Parental care patterns differ enormously among and even within species. In Chinese penduline tits (R...
Eurasian penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus) have an unusually diverse breeding system consisting of f...
Eurasian penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus) have an unusually diverse breeding system consisting of f...
Although biparental care is the most commonly observed pattern in bird species, the evolutionary cau...
Diverse patterns of parental care, including uniparental care by either the male or the female, prov...
Background: The trade-off between current and future parental investment is often different between ...
Population size and density may influence various aspects of breeding systems. For example, the numb...
Abstract Background The trade-off between current and future parental investment is often different ...
Parental care is costly since it takes time and energy, and whilst caring the parent may be predated...
Engagement in extra-pair copulations is an example of the abundant conflicting interests between mal...
Parental care is costly, and in many organisms, the male or the female parent benefits from reducing...
A fundamental tenet of sexual conflict theory is that one sex may increase its reproductive success ...
Parental care is costly, and in many organisms, the male or the female parent benefits from reducing...
Parents are expected to make fine-tuned decisions by weighing the benefits of providing care to incr...
Parental care patterns differ enormously among and even within species. In Chinese penduline tits (R...
Eurasian penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus) have an unusually diverse breeding system consisting of f...
Eurasian penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus) have an unusually diverse breeding system consisting of f...
Although biparental care is the most commonly observed pattern in bird species, the evolutionary cau...
Diverse patterns of parental care, including uniparental care by either the male or the female, prov...
Background: The trade-off between current and future parental investment is often different between ...
Population size and density may influence various aspects of breeding systems. For example, the numb...
Abstract Background The trade-off between current and future parental investment is often different ...
Parental care is costly since it takes time and energy, and whilst caring the parent may be predated...
Engagement in extra-pair copulations is an example of the abundant conflicting interests between mal...
Parental care is costly, and in many organisms, the male or the female parent benefits from reducing...
A fundamental tenet of sexual conflict theory is that one sex may increase its reproductive success ...
Parental care is costly, and in many organisms, the male or the female parent benefits from reducing...
Parents are expected to make fine-tuned decisions by weighing the benefits of providing care to incr...
Parental care patterns differ enormously among and even within species. In Chinese penduline tits (R...