Multiple paternity and multiple male feeders in bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli)

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1044-1053

  Goetz, James E ^a,b,c   McFarland, Kent P ^b   Rimmer, Christopher C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Box 532   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; MULTIPLE BROODING; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

AVES; CATHARUS BICKNELLI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0242653681     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[1044:mpammf]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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