Weather conditions affect levels of extra-pair paternity in the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-244

  Bouwman, Karen M ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33646233457     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03611.x     Document Type: Article

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