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Digest: Sexual selection in a multibrooded songbird: The social pair matters *
Author(s) -
Salazar Stephen M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.14199
Subject(s) - songbird , biology , sexual selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , variance (accounting) , reproductive success , evolutionary biology , zoology , ecology , demography , population , sociology , computer science , artificial intelligence , accounting , business
Which sources of variance in socially monogamous species offer the largest opportunity for sexual selection? Germain et al. study this question in a double‐brooding songbird and find that male reproductive success gained within the social bond stands out as an important source of variance across years and lifetimes.