A contrast in extra-pair paternity levels on mainland and island populations of Mediterranean blue tits

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-363

  Charmantier, Anne ^a,b   Blondel, Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; ISLAND; MATE FIDELITY; PASSERINE;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038066449     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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