Testosterone treatment suppresses paternal care in superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus , despite their concurrent investment in courtship
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Peters, Ann; Cunningham, Ross; Cockburn, Andrew
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Courtship displays and paternal care in male birds are generally thought to be mutually exclusive, because testosterone, necessary for stimulation of sexual behaviours, suppresses paternal behaviours. Superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus, are unusual in that males concurrently engage in courtship and paternal care. Fairy-wrens live in stable socially monogamous pairs with 0-4 subordinate male helpers. Both helper and dominant males provide care whenever it is required but continue courtship...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2002 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/66261 |
Source: | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00265-002-0472-4 |
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