Forced copulation results in few extrapair fertilizations in Ross's and lesser snow geese

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1071-1081

  Dunn, Peter O ^a,d   Afton, Alan D ^a,c   Gloutney, Mark L ^b,e   Alisauskas, Ray T ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING METHODS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MINISATELLITE; FERTILIZATION; MATING SYSTEM;

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANSER; ANSER ROSSII; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS; CHEN ROSSI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033135127     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1066     Document Type: Article

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