High frequency of extra-pair paternity in a dense and synchronous population of Willow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Bjørnstad, Gro ^a,b   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY; WILLOW WARBLER;

NORWAY;

PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX; TROCHILUS;

EID: 0030660593     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676945     Document Type: Article

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