Patterns and correlates of extrapair paternity in American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 612-621

  Perreault, Stéphane ^a   Lemon, Robert E ^a   Kuhnlein, Urs ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American redstart; DNA fingerprinting; Egg dumping; Emberizinae; Extrapair copulations; Mating systems; Parulinae; Reproductive success and age; Setophaga ruticilla

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN REDSTART; CUCKOLDRY; EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 0031451060     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.612     Document Type: Article

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