Older male reed buntings are more successful at gaining extrapair fertilizations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-27

  Bouwman, Karen M ^a   van Dijk, René E ^a   Wijmenga, Jan J ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cuckoldry; Emberiza schoeniclus; extrapair paternity; fertilization success; male age; maternal half siblings; reed bunting; song

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; MALE; MONOGAMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33845764303     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.01.031     Document Type: Article

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