No evidence of genetic benefits from extra-pair fertilisations in female sand martins (Riparia riparia)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-198

  Augustin, Jakob ^a   Blomqvist, Donald ^a,b   Szép, Tibor ^c   Szabó, Zoltán D ^d   Wagner, Richard H ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c College of Nyíregyháza ^*  (Hungary)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Coloniality; Extra pair paternity; Genetic similarity

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLONIAL BREEDING; COPULATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

AVES; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 34047103901     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0119-8     Document Type: Article

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