Extrapair paternity as a cost of polygyny in the rock sparrow: Behavioural and genetic evidence of the 'trade-off' hypothesis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 967-974

  Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Griggio, Matteo ^a   Biddau, Luca ^b   Mingozzi, Toni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b University of Calabria ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TRADE-OFF;

GALLUS GALLUS; PETRONIA; PETRONIA PETRONIA;

EID: 0036309494     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.1987     Document Type: Article

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