Explicit experimental evidence for the effectiveness of proximity as mate-guarding behaviour in reducing extra-pair fertilization in the Seychelles warbler

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3679-3688

  Komdeur, J ^a   Burke, T ^b   Richardson, D S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimentally ceased mate guarding; Extra pair paternity; Mate guarding; Microsatellites; Seychelles warbler

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; AVES;

EID: 34548540647     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03420.x     Document Type: Article

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