Breeding synchrony and extrapair fertilizations in two populations of red-winged blackbirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 456-464

  Westaeat, David F ^a,c   Gray, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Breeding synchrony; Extrapair copulation; Extrapair fertilization; Red winged blackbirds

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0031667477     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.5.456     Document Type: Article

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