Low frequency of extra-pair paternity in common gulls (Larus canus) as revealed by DNA fingerprinting

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-420

  Bukacińska, Monika ^a   Bukaciński, Dariusz ^a   Epplen, Jörg Thomas ^b   Sauer, Klaus Peter ^c   Lubjuhn, Thomas ^c  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; LARUS CANUS; MATING SYSTEM; PARASITISM;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; SEABIRD;

POLAND;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; LARUS CANUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 17044450843     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01653468     Document Type: Article

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