No extra-pair fertilization observed in Nazca Booby (Sula granti) broods

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-247

  Anderson, David J ^a,c   Boag, Peter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION);

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

SULA GRANTI; SULIDAE;

EID: 33745819643     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-106.1     Document Type: Article

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