Explicit experimental evidence for the role of mate guarding in minimizing loss of paternity in the Seychelles warbler

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1433, 1999, Pages 2075-2081

  Komdeur, Jan ^a,b   Kraaijeveld Smit, Femmie ^a,b   Kraaijeveld, Ken ^a,b   Edelaar, Pim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimentally ceased male guarding; Extra pair copulation; Male density; Mate guarding; Paternity assurance; Seychelles warbler

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEYCHELLES;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033595823     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0890     Document Type: Article

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