Sexual selection and extrapair fertilization in a socially monogamous passerine, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 218-226

  Burley, Nancy Tyler ^a   Parker, Patricia G ^b   Lundy, Kimberly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrapair fertilization; Sexual selection; Social monogamy; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR FERTILIZATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; ZEBRA FINCH;

ESTRILDIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0029777708     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.2.218     Document Type: Article

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