DNA fingerprinting reveals a low incidence of extra-pair fertilizations in the lesser kestrel

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 935-943

  Negro, J J ^a,b   Villarroel, M ^a   Tella, J L ^b   Kuhnlein, U ^a   Hiraldo, F ^b   Donazar, J A ^b   Bird, D M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR FERTILIZATION; LESSER KESTREL;

FALCO NAUMANNI; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 0029753712     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0097     Document Type: Article

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