Extrapair paternity in the common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, revealed by DNA fingerprinting

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-342

  Mee, Allan ^a,c   Whitfield, D Philip ^b   Thompson, Desmond B A ^b   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WADER;

ACTITIS; ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 1442265217     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.02.007     Document Type: Article

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