Copulatory behaviour and paternity in the American kestrel: The adaptive significance of frequent copulations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-299

  Villarroel, M ^a   Bird, D M ^a   Kuhnlein, U ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANADA; COPULATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MATING SYSTEM; PATERNITY;

MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032143801     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0788     Document Type: Article

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