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Female initiated divorce in a monogamous songbird: abandoning mates for males of higher quality

Ken A. Otter, Laurene M. Ratcliffe

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1996 · 127 citations · 20 references

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Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit

Bart Kempenaers, Geert R. Verheyen, Marleen Van den Broeck et al. · Nature · 1992 · 732 citations

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The black-capped chickadee: behavioral ecology and natural history

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 303 citations

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Divorce in the long-lived and monogamous oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus: incompatibility or choosing the better option?

Bruno J. Ens, Uriel N. Safriel, Mike Harris · Animal Behaviour · 1993 · 267 citations

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Polygyny in Birds: The Role of Competition between Females for Male Parental Care

Tore Slagsvold, Jan T. Lifjeld · The American Naturalist · 1994 · 241 citations

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Extra-Pair Copulations in Black-Capped Chickadees: the Role of the Female

Susan M. Smith · Behaviour · 1988 · 225 citations

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