The point to be made, therefore, is that both nuptial and ex-nuptial childbearing patterns have undergone changes.
One further point, related to the identity of the witnesses to the nuptial agreements, has to be stressed here.
Nuptial madrigals were printed as a set of single leaves, one for each voice-part.
Moreover, between 1965 and 1971 the proportion of pre-marital pregnancies resulting in nuptial birth declined.
The expression of the nuptial colouration may consequently reflect the male's foraging ability, or else its capability of efficiently turning carotenoids into visual signals.
In most cases nuptial births only will be considered as these data are more reliable and ages for both parents are available.
In the laboratory, infected males readily built nests, developed red nuptial coloration, and courted females.
She rejects his posturing and quickly moves to the next day's nuptial arrangements.
