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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Maternal Investment Is Positively Associated With the Presence of Extra-Pair Offspring in a Socially Monogamous Songbird.

Valerie N Brewer, Samuel J Lane, Isaac J VanDiest, Karen E Mabry, Kendra B Sewall

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Valerie N BrewerDepartment of Biological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.
Samuel J LaneDepartment of Biological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-3572
Isaac J VanDiestDepartment of Biological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.
Karen E MabryDepartment of Biology New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-8999
Kendra B SewallDepartment of Biological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biparental care is common in socially monogamous avian species, but both partners may seek extra-pair copulations (EPCs). The relative costs and benefits of EPCs between the sexes are likely complex, yet the implications of EPCs for parental care behavior have been examined predominantly in males. Not only could females benefit from EPCs, but females would have additional information about the likelihood of extra-pair young (EPY) in their nest not available to their partners, which likely influences female behavior. We examined how the presence and abundance of EPY in a nest affect parental behavior in a socially monogamous songbird, song sparrows (

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extra‐pair paternitymaternal investmentparental care

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PMID40124226
PMCPMC11925646

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