Cuckoldry and lack of parentage-dependent paternal care in yellow warblers: A cost-benefit approach

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 821-832

  Yezerinac, Stephen M ^a,c   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a   Boag, Peter T ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUCKOLDRY; EXTRA-PAIR FERTILIZATION; PATERNAL CARE; YELLOW WARBLER;

DENDROICA PETECHIA;

EID: 0030251208     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0227     Document Type: Article

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