Parentage in the cooperative breeding system of long-tailed tits, Aegithalos caudatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-63

  Hatchwell, B J ^a   Ross, D J ^a   Chaline, N ^a   Fowlie, M K ^b   Burke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; MATERNAL CARE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES;

EID: 0036381668     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3033     Document Type: Article

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