K. Kupan

Fitness benefits from co-display favour subdominant male-male partnerships between phenotypes

The paper models co-display behavior in male ruffs to show how subdominant males can benefit from partnerships that reduce mating skew among residents.

Making the best of a bad job? Chick mortality and flexible female brood care in Snowy Plovers

This study investigates Snowy Plover female brood care decisions, finding that desertion is often a response to poor chick condition rather than a strategy for higher reproductive success.