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Publication in Evolution Digest

DOI: 10.1111/evo.13459

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Free mate choice enhances fitness: Zebra finch offspring benefit from love marriages

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A brown and white bird with blue plumage on its head is standing on a table with plates of fruit on it.

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Photo with a nesting box and two blue tits, one of which is flying out while the other is waiting at the nest's entrance hole.

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Young blue tit males can sire offspring with additional females, but only if they do not have to compete with older males

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Follow Bart Kempenaers and his team into the vastness of Alaska.

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Passerine bird takes advantage of human settlements

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Zebra finch males sing in dialects and females pay attention

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As a result, the plumage absorbs less solar energy and thus prevents overheating during long flights.

Female finches are picky but pragmatic when choosing a mate

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Females remain unmated when competition for preferred mates is too big - but then often smuggle their eggs into other nests

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Competition for mates leads to a deeper voice than expected based on size

Childlessness by circumstance

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Why zebra finches have problems with reproduction

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