Divorce in Larids: A Review

Johnston, Vicky H.; Ryder, John P.

doi:10.2307/1521226

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“…These results are consistent with previous data indicating that in birds, mate switching occurs as a consequence of reproductive failure. Particularly, it was predicted that pairs with low breeding performance would be more likely to divorce than successful breeders (Coulson 1972;Johnston and Ryder 1987;Ens et al 1993;Choudhury 1995;McNamara and Forslund 1996).…”

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Mate preferences in female canaries (Serinus canaria) within a breeding season

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Divorce and remating in birds can be described as strategies used to enhance reproductive success. Mate switching often occurs because pairs failed to brood at least one chick during the previous breeding season. In the present study, we evaluated the influence of reproductive success on female preferences in domesticated canaries (Serinus canaria). For that purpose, females previously paired and having reared young were placed in a choice test situation: They were allowed to choose between their previous mate and a familiar male (a male neighbor during the breeding period). During these choice tests, females tended to stay near their previous mate longer than near a male neighbor when their reproductive success was "good" (at least two chicks). On the other hand, females with "poor" reproductive success (one chick) did not show a preference for their previous mate. Furthermore, in the present study, we observed that during choice tests males reacted to the presence of their previous mate in a particular way, by gathering nest material. This behavior was more scarcely observed in neighbor males which, on the contrary, sang significantly more than previous mates did.

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Mate preferences in female canaries (Serinus canaria) within a breeding season

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“…After acknowledging the error in mate choice, the individual chooses to divorce their current partner. This hypothesis is known as the 'errors of mate choice hypothesis' (Johnston and Ryder 1987). In this case, divorce is expected relatively early in the marriage and should occur more often with younger individuals (who have had less time to sample the population), with one partner having higher expected fitness with an alternative partner.…”

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Marital Dissolution and Child Educational Outcomes in San Borja, Bolivia

Snopkowski

2016

Hum Nat

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Purpose: Serial monogamy is likely an adaptive mating strategy for women when the expected future fitness gains with a different partner are greater than expected future fitness with one's current partner. Methods: Using interview data from over 400 women in San Borja, Bolivia, discrete-time event history analyses and random effects regression analyses are conducted to examine predictors of marital dissolution, separated by remarriage status, and child educational outcomes. Results: Male income is inversely associated with women's risk of 'divorce and remarriage', while female income is positively associated with women's risk of 'divorce, but not remarriage'. Children of women who 'divorce and remarry' tend to have significantly lower educational outcomes than children of married parents, but women with higher incomes are able to buffer their children from the negative educational outcomes of divorce and remarriage. Counter to predictions, there is no evidence that women with kin in the community have a significant difference in likelihood of divorce or a buffering effect of child outcomes. Conclusions: In conclusion, there are different predictors of divorce depending on whether the woman goes on to remarry, suggesting that male income may be a better predictor of a serial monogamy strategy, while female income predicts marital dissolution only. These results suggest that women who are relatively autonomous because of greater income may not benefit from remarriage.

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“…These conditions have been met in this study, allowing for a test of a prediction of the good genes and insurance hypotheses, that in species which maintain pair-bonds between years, female promiscuity and receptivity will be consistent between years. Pairbonds are maintained between years in many seabirds (Johnston and Ryder 1987). In razorbills, 35 of 39 (90%) pairs of surviving individuals re-paired in the subsequent year, with annual survival approaching 90% ( RH Wagner, unpublished data), giving an estimate of 80% of females being paired to the same male in consecutive years.…”

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The pursuit of extra-pair copulations by monogamous female razorbills: how do females benefit?

Wagner

1992

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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Divorce in Larids: A Review

Cited by 56 publications

References 42 publications

Mate preferences in female canaries (Serinus canaria) within a breeding season

Mate preferences in female canaries (Serinus canaria) within a breeding season

Marital Dissolution and Child Educational Outcomes in San Borja, Bolivia

The pursuit of extra-pair copulations by monogamous female razorbills: how do females benefit?

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