Animal Behavior & CognitionScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Learning and memory in hybrid migratory songbirds - cognition as a reproductive isolating barrier across seasons
Ashley Alario, Marlene Trevino, Hannah C. Justen…·Kira 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.