Mate guarding and the evolution of social monogamy in mammals

By P. Brotherton, P. E. Komers. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• Multiple paternity in socially monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) (2004, background): “Evidence from other vertebrates indicates that multiple paternity may provide direct or indirect benefits to females (Ligon 1999; Jennions and Petrie 2000; Brotherton and Komers 2003; Sommer 2003).”
• An experiment on the function of the long-term pair bond period in the socially monogamous bearded reedling (2011, background): “…in which males and females pair exclusively for at least one breeding event, has been reported in a variety of animal taxa, such as crustaceans, fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals (Bull 2000; Mathews 2002; Brotherton & Komers 2003; Reichard & Boesch 2003; Whiteman & Côté 2004; Dobson et al. 2010).”