Divorce in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits: A consequence of inbreeding avoidance?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1445, 2000, Pages 813-819

  Hatchwell, B J ^a   Russell, A F ^a,b   Ross, D J ^a   Fowlie, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Divorce; Inbreeding; Incest avoidance; Long tailed tit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BREEDING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FITNESS; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; THEORY;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES;

EID: 0034701431     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1076     Document Type: Article

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