Pierce, Elin P.; Oring, Lewis W.; Røskaft, Eivin; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 21 (2010) 2, pp. 275-283
In most monogamous sandpiper species, females share parental care but leave the brood earlier than males, a feature unusual among birds in general. In the purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima), females almost always leave the brood at hatching and never share brood care. Males perform uniparental...