Genetic monogamy in blue-headed vireos and a comparison with a sympatric vireo with extrapair paternity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 515-524

  Morton, Eugene S ^a   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^b   Howlett, Joan S ^c   Piper, Walter H ^d,e  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c George Mason University ^*  (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue headed vireo; Breeding synchrony; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic monogamy; Male incubation; Mating systems; Red eyed vireo; Sex roles; Vireo olivaceus; Vireo solitarius; Vireonidae

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MONOGAMY; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SYNCHRONY;

VIREO OLIVACEUS; VIREO SOLITARIUS;

EID: 0031683567     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.5.515     Document Type: Article

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