Polygynandry and avian swingers
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
to have and raise children. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry. In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry. Wicked, right?
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