Extra-pair paternity and mate-guarding behaviour in the brown thornbill

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 565-580

  Green, David J ^a,b   Peters, Anne ^a,c   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; PASSERINE;

ACANTHIZA PUSILLA; ANIMALIA; BIDENS PILOSA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0036969149     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO02037     Document Type: Article

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