Confidence of paternity and paternal care by eastern bluebirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-205

  MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Robertson, Raleigh J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Confidence of paternity; Eastern bluebirds; Paternal care; Paternity; Sialia sialis

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; PATERNITY;

EASTERN BLUEBIRD; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS;

EID: 0031966352     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.2.201     Document Type: Article

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