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1 September 2015 Blackbirds Mate Choice: Dependence of Male Social Status on Age and Morphology in an Urban Population of the European Blackbird, Turdus merula L.
Katarzyna Jarska, Łukasz Jankowiak, Przemysław Śmietana, Dariusz Wysocki
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Abstract

The differences in morphology and age between single and paired males of an urban population of the European Blackbirds (Turdus merula) were studied in Żeromski park in the city of Szczecin (NW Poland) spanning 11 breeding seasons since 1998. The proportion of single to paired males in different age groups was established. Also, morphology features like the length of tail, wing and tarsus of 45 single males and 475 paired males were collected. We found that old males (after second year of life) formed pair bonds more often than the young males (in their second year of life). The probability of being a paired male in case of young males increased along with the tarsus length.

Katarzyna Jarska, Łukasz Jankowiak, Przemysław Śmietana, and Dariusz Wysocki "Blackbirds Mate Choice: Dependence of Male Social Status on Age and Morphology in an Urban Population of the European Blackbird, Turdus merula L.," Polish Journal of Ecology 63(3), 448-452, (1 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.3161/15052249PJE2015.63.3.014
Published: 1 September 2015
KEYWORDS
Biometry
mate selection
pair bonds
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