Learning and memory in hybrid migratory songbirds - cognition as a reproductive isolating barrier across seasons
A. Alario, M. Trevino, H. Justen, C. J. Woodman, T. C. Roth, K. E. Delmore
The paper tests if cognitive traits act as post-mating reproductive isolating barriers in hybrid Swainsons thrushes, finding reduced cognitive abilities in male hybrids during winter but not in females.
bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2023Animal Behavior & Cognition