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Fruit eating and polygamy in Birds of Paradise

Here's a link to the Birds of Paradise study. The observation is that polygamy amoungst birds is associated with fruit-eating, and those species(such as the bird of paradise) who are polygamous, eat a wider variety of fruits than monogamous species, who tend to be more specialised.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/4086272