The effect of breeding synchrony on extra-pair mating systems in songbirds

Behaviour

Volumn 132, Issue 9-10, 1995, Pages 675-690

  Stutchbury, Bridget J ^a   Morton, Eugene S ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SYNCHRONY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR FERTILIZATION; SONGBIRD;

EID: 0029475982     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853995X00081     Document Type: Article

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