Female control of offspring paternity in a western population of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-278

  Gray, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair copulation; Extra pair fertilization; Red winged blackbird; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0030389873     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050242     Document Type: Article

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