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
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

231226

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

We declare we have no competing interests.

Auteurs

Rebecca Hooper (R)

Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Kathryn Maher (K)

NERC Environmental Omics Facility, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Karen Moore (K)

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Guillam McIvor (G)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK.

David Hosken (D)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK.

Alex Thornton (A)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK.

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