Song and female choice for extrapair copulations in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 629-635

  Marshall, Rupert C ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b   Catchpole, Clive K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; extrapair copulation; female choice; sedge warbler; song repertoire

Indexed keywords

DNA; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; POLYGAMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONG;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33947683788     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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