Old female reed buntings (Emberiza schoeniclus) increase extra-pair paternity in their broods when mated to young males

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1449-1463

  Bouwman, Karen M ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Emberiza schoeniclus; Extra pair paternity; Pair combination

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33646256070     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831819     Document Type: Article

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