Genetic evidence for cooperative polyandry in reverse dichromatic Eclectus parrots

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1047-1054

  Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Ebert, Daniel ^b   Legge, Sarah ^b   Peakall, Rod ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cooperative polyandry; Eclectus parrot; genetic mating system; group size; microsatellites; polygynandry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; GROUP SIZE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO;

AVES; ECLECTUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 35148896215     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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