Tests of spatial and temporal factors influencing extra-pair paternity in red-winged blackbirds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2155-2167

  Westneat, David F ^a   Mays Jr , Herman L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Density; Extra pair fertilization; Mating patterns; Microsatellites; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRITORIALITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; KENTUCKY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES;

EID: 20144374417     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02562.x     Document Type: Article

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