Covert extraterritorial behavior of female hooded warblers

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 595-600

  Neudorf, Diane L ^a,c   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Piper, Walter H ^b,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Extrapair copulations; Female control; Hooded warblers; Radio telemetry; Territory intrusions; Wilsonia citrina

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; EXTRATERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR; HOODED WARBLER;

WILSONIA CITRINA;

EID: 0031450705     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.595     Document Type: Article

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