Breeding experience, but not mate retention, determines the breeding performance in a passerine bird

Individuals that retain their former partners often perform better than conspecifics that switch partners. This may be due to high-quality individuals being more faithful to their partners and more productive. Investigations of the fitness benefits of mate retention that also control for potential c...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Behavioral Ecology
Main Authors: Lv, Lei, Komdeur, Jan, Li, Jianqiang, Scheiber, Isabella B R, Zhang, Zhengwang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
breeding experience
breeding performance
fledglings
laying date
mate retention
pair-bond duration
LONG-LIVED SEABIRD
IN-HOUSE SPARROWS
TITS PARUS-MAJOR
REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS
SITE FIDELITY
BEHAVIORAL COMPATIBILITY
BARNACLE GEESE
STERNA-HIRUNDO
COMMON TERNS
Parus
Sterna hirundo
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/17240225-ca58-4bef-bcdb-8b8340cad6ee
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/17240225-ca58-4bef-bcdb-8b8340cad6ee
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw046
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/56249193/Breeding_experience_but_not_mate_retention.pdf
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979279242&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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