Black Swans Cygnus atratus adopt related cygnets

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Kraaijeveld, Ken ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Black Swan; Inclusive fitness; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BIRD; FITNESS; RELATEDNESS;

AVES; CYGNUS ATRATUS;

EID: 33644612473     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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