Careless whispers cost chicks

Females stray when mates lose song battles.

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Mennill, D. J., Ratcliffe, L. M. & Boag, P. T. Female eavesdropping on male song contests in songbirds. Science 296, 873, (2002).
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John Whitfield
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Whitfield, J. Careless whispers cost chicks. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020429-14