Low frequency of extra-pair paternity in two colonies of the socially monogamous short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Austin, J J ^a,b,c   Parkin, D T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Extra pair fertilization; Reproductive success; Short tailed shear water Puffinus tenuirostris

Indexed keywords

PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 0030039190     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00300.x     Document Type: Article

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