Mate guarding, copulation strategies and paternity in the sex-role reversed, socially polyandrous red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-118

  Schamel, Douglas ^a   Tracy, Diane M ^b   Lank, David B ^c   Westneat, David F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Simon Fraser University ^*  (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Paternity; Phalaropus; Polyandry; Sex role reversal

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; MATE GUARDING; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; ROLE REVERSAL; SEX ROLE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHALAROPUS; PHALAROPUS LOBATUS;

EID: 11144238078     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0825-2     Document Type: Review

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