Reproductive synchrony and extra-pair mating strategy in a socially monogamous bird, Dendroica petechia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1393-1403

  Yezerinac, Stephen M ^a,b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY; MATING STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SYNCHRONY; SOCIAL MONOGAMY; YELLOW WARBLER;

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031445576     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0545     Document Type: Article

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