Extra-pair paternity in the strongly monogamous Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans has no apparent benefits for females

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Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Jouventin, Pierre ^a   Charmantier, Anne ^b   Dubois, Marie Pierre ^a   Jarne, Philippe ^a   Bried, Joël ^c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PHOEBASTRIA IRRORATA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 33846261613     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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