The high frequency of extra-pair paternity in tree swallows is not an artifact of nestboxes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 425-430

  Barber, Colleen A ^a   Robertson, Raleigh J ^a   Boag, Peter T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity nesters; Extra pair paternity; Extra pair young; Nestboxes; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

CAVITY NESTING; EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY; NESTBOX; TREE SWALLOW;

TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0029660511     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050260     Document Type: Article

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