Effects of extra-pair and within-pair reproductive success on the opportunity for selection in birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-144

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common yellowthroat; Extra pair paternity; House wren; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; GEOTHLYPIS; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 12244258498     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh140     Document Type: Article

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