Temporary male removal increases extra-pair paternity in eastern bluebirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1177-1183

  Macdougall Shackleton, E A ^a   Robertson, R J ^b   Boag, P T ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EASTERN BLUEBIRD; EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY; MATE REMOVAL;

SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 0030303266     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0265     Document Type: Article

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