ST Matjee

Diurnal parental care in the sexually dichromatic Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis (Alaudidae)

Parental investment strategies are often predicted by sexual dimorphism, with dichromatic species expected to exhibit skewed parental roles due to sexual selection and extra-pair paternity. We investigated the division of diurnal labour (i.e. incubation, brooding, provisioning) i...