Adoption or infanticide: Options of replacement males in the European starling

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-197

  Smith, Henrik G ^a   Wennerberg, Liv ^a   Von Schantz, Torbjörn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Infanticide; Male investment; Paternity; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CLUTCH REPLACEMENT; INFANTICIDE; PATERNITY; STARLING;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0029659270     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050232     Document Type: Article

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