Differing rates of extra-group paternity between two populations of the Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 536-545

  Durrant, Kate L ^a   Hughes, Jane M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian magpie; Dispersal; Extra group paternity; Inbreeding avoidance; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CORVIDAE; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN; PASSERIFORMES; TIBICEN;

EID: 17644401710     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0883-5     Document Type: Article

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