Ultimate drivers of forced extra-pair copulations in birds lacking a penis: jackdaws as a case-study.
FEPC
copulations
extra-pair
forced
jackdaw
Journal
Royal Society open science
ISSN: 2054-5703
Titre abrégé: R Soc Open Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101647528
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
18
08
2023
revised:
14
12
2023
accepted:
01
02
2024
medline:
28
3
2024
pubmed:
28
3
2024
entrez:
28
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Forced copulation is common, presumably because it can increase male reproductive success. Forced extra-pair copulation (FEPC) occurs in birds, even though most species lack a penis and are widely thought to require female cooperation for fertilization. How FEPC persists, despite a presumed lack of siring success and likely non-negligible costs to the male, is unknown. Using the jackdaw (
Identifiants
pubmed: 38545615
doi: 10.1098/rsos.231226
pii: rsos231226
pmc: PMC10966391
doi:
Banques de données
figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7100063']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
231226Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
We declare we have no competing interests.