• Extra-pair paternity and sperm length variation in a far northern Great Tit (Parus major) population 

      Kleven, Oddmund; Østnes, Jan Eivind; Rudolfsen, Geir; Schindler, Sonja; Schmoll, Tim (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-25)
      Extra-pair paternity is common among socially monogamous bird species and considered an important driver of post-copulatory sexual selection on ejaculate traits including sperm traits. Patterns of extra-pair paternity and sperm size both show substantial variation among populations, yet we know little about the expression of these key reproductive traits at high latitudes. Here we report patterns ...