Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27, Problem 11RQ
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To explain: The reason due to which monogamy is much more common among birds than among mammals.
Introduction: Monogamy is the behavioral habit of having a single mate at a time. It is rare in most animals but is common in birds. The pair bond formed in monogamy may, last for only a single nesting, last an entire breeding season, several successive breeding seasons, or for life.
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