Old, colourful male yellowhammers, Emberiza citrinella, benefit from extra-pair copulations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Sundberg, Jan ^a   Dixon, Andrew ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBERIZA CITRINELLA;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE PREFERENCE; YELLOWHAMMER;

EID: 0030176779     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0157     Document Type: Article

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