Tests of ecological, phenotypic, and genetic correlates of extra-pair paternity in the House Sparrow

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-413

  Stewart, Ian R K ^a,b,c   Hanschu, Richard D ^b   Burke, Terry ^a,c   Westneat, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Extra pair paternity; Genetics; House Sparrow

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33646858118     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[399:TOEPAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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