Disentangling the age-dependent causal pathways affecting multiple paternity in house sparrows
Jørgen S. Søraker,
Peter Sjolte Ranke,
Jonathan Wright
et al.
Abstract:The causes of variation in multiple paternity (MP) in socially monogamous birds have received considerable attention. Traits like age and age-dependent morphology have been shown to be important for the distribution of MP. However, most studies fail to separate between the different processes underlying age-effects on MP, such as selective disappearance (that is, higher survival probability for certain phenotypes) versus individually plastic changes in morphology and mating behaviour with age. Using Bayesian m… Show more
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