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Table 1 Frequencies of parental care in four European populations of penduline tit Remiz pendulinus.

From: Sexual conflict and consistency of offspring desertion in Eurasian penduline tit Remiz pendulinus

Population

Female-only care (%)

Male-only care (%)

Biparental desertion (%)

Reference

Sweden (N = 140 nests)

48

18

34

[29]

Germany (N = 89 nests)

65

7

28

[60]

Austria (N = 107 nests)

54

14

32

[60]

Hungary (N = 291 nests)

49

11

40

[61]

  1. In all populations a single penduline tit (either the male or the female) cares for the eggs and chicks. Biparental care is extremely rare [59], and it was not found in any of these studies. Note the high frequency of biparental desertion in all populations.
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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