Triparental care in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis): Cooperation of two females with a cuckolded male in rearing a brood

Abstract Certain predominant forms of mating and parental care systems are assumed in several model species among birds, but the opportunistic and apparently infrequent variations of “family structures” may often remain hidden due to methodological limitations with regard to genetic or behavioral ob...

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Main Authors: Miklós Laczi, Renáta Kopena, Fanni Sarkadi, Dóra Kötél, János Török, Balázs Rosivall, Gergely Hegyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-08-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7923