Search costs influence the spatial distribution, but not the level, of extra-pair mating in tree swallows

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-454

  Dunn, Peter O ^a   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Handicapping; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845626091     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0272-3     Document Type: Article

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