Relatedness, polyandry and extra-group paternity in the cooperatively-breeding white-brewed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-270

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a,b   Dunn, Peter O ^a,b   Magrath, Robert D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; DNA fingerprinting; Kin selection; Mating systems; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

SERICORNIS FRONTALIS;

EID: 0030987434     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050341     Document Type: Article

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