Correlates of extra-pair fertilization success in hooded warblers

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Piper, W H ^b   Neudorf, Diane L ^a,c   Tarof, Scott A ^a,d   Rhymer, Judith M ^b,e   Fuller, G ^b,f   Fleischer, R C ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Extra pair fertilizations; Mating system; Sexual selection; Wilsonia citrina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030939355     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050324     Document Type: Article

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