Coordination of parental performance is breeding phase-dependent in the Dovekie (Alle alle), a pelagic Arctic seabird.

ABSTRACT: Currently, parental care is becoming increasingly perceived as male and female cooperation, instead of being primarily shaped by sexual conflict. Most studies examining cooperating performance consider coordination of parental activities, and doing so focuses on a short time-window including only one stage of breeding (i.e., incubation or chick rearing period). Here, we considered the cooperation of breeding partners, investigating the coordination of parental care in a long-lived seabird species with long and extensive biparental care, the Dovekie (or Little Auk), Alle alle, and looked at the issue throughout the breeding season. Previous studies on this species revealed coordinated chick provisioning, but parental coordination during incubation remains unstudied. Using video recordings c

SUBMITTER: Grissot A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373810 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature