Extrapair paternity in chestnut-sided warblers is correlated with consistent vocal performance

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Byers, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Extrapair paternity; Mate choice; Songbird; Vocal performance; Warbler

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA; PASSERI;

EID: 33845877154     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl058     Document Type: Article

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