Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds

Wang, DP; Forstmeier, W; Valcu, M; Dingemanse, NJ; Bulla, M; Both, C; Duckworth, RA; Kiere, LM; Karell, P; Albrecht, T; Kempenaers, B

Forstmeier, W (reprint author), Max Planck Inst Ornithol, Dept Behav Ecol & Evolutionary Genet, Seewiesen, Germany.

PLOS BIOLOGY, 2019; 17 (2):

Abstract

It is often claimed that pair bonds preferentially form between individuals that resemble one another. Such assortative mating appears to be widesprea......

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