Abstract

Of the grebes that have been studied, Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) and Clark's Grebes (A. clarkii) are unique in having a short period of intensive mate-feeding behavior that immediately precedes nest building and egg laying. The evolution of mate feeding in these two fish-eating grebes may be the result of social selective pressures relating to mate and nest-platform guarding.

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