Social and ecological factors affecting paternity allocation in American robins with overlapping broods

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1283-1291

  Rowe, Karen M C ^a,b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Extra pair paternity; Interclutch interval; Mate guarding; Turdus migratorius

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 34248390433     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0359-5     Document Type: Article

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