Extrapair paternities in black-browed Thalassarche melanophris, grey-headed T. chrysostoma and wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans at South Georgia

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-338

  Burg, Theresa M ^a,c   Croxall, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; DIMORPHISM; MATE ATTRACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNITY; PHENOLOGY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 33748741375     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03634.x     Document Type: Article

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