Reproductive roles in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: Incest avoidance versus reproductive competition

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-255

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Haydock, Joseph ^a   Stanback, Mark T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpecker; Cooperative breeding; Incest avoidance; Reproductive competition

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; INCEST AVOIDANCE; MATING SYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE COMPETITION;

MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS; PICIDAE; PICIFORMES;

EID: 0031967530     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286115     Document Type: Article

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