Komdeur and Colleagues (2007) Examined the Effectiveness of Mate Guarding

Multiple Choice

Komdeur and colleagues (2007) examined the effectiveness of mate guarding in reducing extra-pair fertilizations in the Seychelle's warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) . They did so by inducing an experimental group of males to stop guarding their females. The results indicated that

A) 30% of the eggs in the experimental group, but only 10% of the eggs in the control group, were lost to predators.
B) 75% of the nestlings in the experimental group, but only 44% of the nestlings in the control group, were sired by a male other than the female's social mate.
C) none of the unguarded female's eggs hatched.
D) only 10% of the nestlings in the experimental group, but 90% of the nestlings in the control group, were sired by a male other than the female's social mate.