Different tactics, one goal: initial reproductive investments of males and females in a small Arctic seabird

• Published in: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
• Main Authors: Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna, Jakubas, Dariusz, Chastel, Olivier
• Other Authors: Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk (UG), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Alle alle; Little auk (dovekie); Corticosterone; Extra-pair copulations; Pre-laying parental investments; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Hornsund; Dovekie; little auk; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01075746; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1761-4

International audience Despite a great number of studies on extra-pair paternity in birds, the actual roles of males and females in extra-pair contacts is poorly understood, as detailed behavioural studies comparing the reproductive performance of the two sexes prior to egg laying are relatively sca...