Timing of copulations and the pattern of paternity in relation to laying order in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-254

  Barber, Colleen A ^a   Robertson, Raleigh J ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; LAYING DATE; NESTLING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 34247872877     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04042.x     Document Type: Article

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