Ecological determinants of extrapair fertilizations and egg dumping in Alpine water pipits (Anthus spinoletta)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 534-543

  Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a   Bollmann, Kurt ^a   Schläpfer, Alex R ^a   Schymainda, Angela ^a   Klecack, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthus spinoletta; Breeding synchrony; DNA fingerprinting; Extrapair maternity; Extrapair paternity; Intraspecific brood parasitism; Mating system; Operational sex ratio; Territory overlap; Water pipit

Indexed keywords

EGG DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRA-PAIR FERTILIZATION; WATER PIPIT;

ANTHUS SPINOLETTA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031459071     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.5.534     Document Type: Article

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