Increased cuckoldry as a cost of breeding late for male house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 670-675

  Johnson, L Scott ^a   Hicks, Bonnie G ^a   Masters, Brian S ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding synchrony; Extrapair mating; House wrens; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SYNCHRONY;

PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0036748602     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.5.670     Document Type: Article

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