Tag: Seychelles warbler

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How extreme weather is impacting the romantic lives of birds

This blog post is provided by Frigg Speelman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Rainfall is associated with divorce in the socially monogamous Seychelles warbler”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Speelman and colleagues analysed a 16-year dataset and found that probability of divorce for Seychelles warblers was closely related to the amount of rainfall received during … Continue reading How extreme weather is impacting the romantic lives of birds

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Why island birds sometimes move in with strangers

In many animal species, young stay with their parents long after they have become sexually mature. Why individuals delay dispersal and independent breeding is an interesting question from an evolutionary viewpoint because individuals are expected to pass on as many genes as possible to future generations. In the Seychelles warbler, a group-living species, opportunities for independent breeding are limited, and dispersal attempts can be seen … Continue reading Why island birds sometimes move in with strangers

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