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Extrapair mating behaviors in the field sparrow: nocturnal singing and extraterritorial forays
While there has been much research on the mating behaviors of birds, most attention has focused on elaborate and/or conspicuous mating displays, such as diurnal songs, ornaments, or mating dances. Much less attention has been devoted to investigating the role of more subtle behaviors, particularly …
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The causes and consequences of variation in the cloacal microbiome of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)
… when they come into contact, such as during mating. Microbes that reside in or on any aspect of a host that becomes exposed to the reproductive tract or gametes comprise the reproductive microbiome. These microbes within the reproductive microbiome are important to overall host biology …