Extra-pair paternity in the Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni: A re-evaluation using microsatellite markers

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Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 608-611

  Alcaide, Miguel ^a   Negro, Juan J ^a   Serrano, David ^a   Tella, José L ^a   Rodríguez, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; RAPTOR;

FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 22744453199     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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