Effects of extra-pair and within-pair reproductive success on the opportunity for selection in birds

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Extrapair paternity and the opportunity for sexual selection in a socially monogamous passerine (2007, background): “Ample evidence has shown that the number of young sired by males of facultatively polygynous species is dependent mostly on number of mates acquired (Webster et al. 1995; Forstmeier 2002; Whittingham and Dunn 2005 ).”
Low level of extrapair parentage in wild zebra finches (2010, background): “…phenomenon in socially monogamous species because it can dramatically increase the variance in reproductive success among males within a population (Whittingham & Dunn 2005), and it can provide an important postcopulatory mechanism for selection on genetic compatibility (Griffith & Immler 2009).”
Vocal interactions in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): more aggressive males have higher pairing success (2006, unknown): “Attracting a social female might be more relevant to male reproductive success than attracting extrapair females to sire additional extrapair young ( Whittingham & Dunn 2005 ).”