Red-winged Blackbirds : Decision-making and Reproductive Success

摘要: Drawing on detailed data from their 16-year study of red-winged blackbirds in the marshes Washington's Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Les Beletsky and Gordon Orians analyze information redwings use to make breeding-season decisions consequences these have for lifetime reproductive success. Male female different, often independent, - males focus territory acquisition maintenance, while females must choose when where nest how much energy invest reproduction. Accordingly authors taken approach within this text studying two sexes seperately. Using analyses observational combined with field experiments game-theoretical models, provide insights into complex patterns decision-making breeding behaviour redwings.