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  • Polygyny in the bobolink : habitat quality and the adaptive complex

    Creator:
    Martin, Stephen George, 1941-
    Abstract:
    The adaptiveness of polygyny in passerines poses a particularly intriguing problem. The altricial young of this group require extended parental care, but young of polygynous pairings generally lack the undivided attention of the male which young of monogamous pairings receive. Polygynous offspring may thus be undernourished and experience greater mortality....
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    examined those adaptive modifications of breeding biology and parental behavior which served to minimize