PRF: Patterns and Causes of Cooperative Polyandry in        Tribonyx mortierii (Aves, Rallidae)
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A two-year field study will examine the ecological and                          evolutionary determinants of cooperative polyandry in                           populations of the Tasmanian native hen (Tribonyx mortierii,                    Rallidae).  This unusual social system, in which two or more                    males pair with a breeding female, occurs in very few bird                      species.  Some birds in a population do not exhibit this mating                 pattern, but instead show monogamy, or polygyny.  This                          postdoctoral fellowship effort will investigate the factors that                determine the extent to which males care for the young, account                 for the occurrence of polyandry in these birds, and influence                   mating pattern variation.  The study encompasses investigations                 of parental investment, paternity, reproductive tactics, and                    social relationships in a previously studied bird.  However,                    this species has never been subjected to such concentrated and                  prolonged study, which includes trapping and marking,                           observation, and limited experimental field manipulations.  The                 Fellow's host institution in Australia will be the University of                New England.
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