Journal article
No evidence for acoustic mate-guarding in duetting buff-breasted wrens (Thryothorus leucotis)
Abstract
There are few empirical tests of the acoustic mate-guarding hypothesis for the function of duetting in birds. This hypothesis states that when females are fertile, males initiate many songs or answer most of their mates’ solo songs to form duets and repel rival males seeking extra-pair copulations. We tested the hypothesis by comparing song initiation and answer rates of males and females in socially monogamous buff-breasted wrens (Throthorus …
Authors
Gill SA; Vonhof MJ; Stutchbury BJM; Morton ES; Quinn JS
Journal
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 557–565
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2005
DOI
10.1007/s00265-004-0893-3
ISSN
0340-5443