Reverse mounting and copulation behavior in polyandrous Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) trios

We present the first report of reverse mounting in the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). The reverse mounting, which occurred in the Pyrenees of northeastern Spain, took place between the female and the alpha male in a polyandrous trio. The function of reverse mountings is discussed in relation t...

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Autores: Bertran, Joan, Margalida, Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/178973
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/178973
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:We present the first report of reverse mounting in the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). The reverse mounting, which occurred in the Pyrenees of northeastern Spain, took place between the female and the alpha male in a polyandrous trio. The function of reverse mountings is discussed in relation to the previously reported high frequency of male-male mountings in this raptor species.