Parentage and paternal care: Consequences of intersexual selection in Savannah sparrows?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 395-400

  Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair fertilizations; Male parental care; Parentage; Passerculus sandwichensis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030974284     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050355     Document Type: Article

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