Spatial relatedness and brood parasitism in a female-philopatric bird population

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Waldeck, Peter ^a   Andersson, Malte ^a   Kilpi, Mikael ^b   Öst, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Joint nesting; Kinship; Local genetic structure; Protein fingerprinting; Spatial trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KINSHIP; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WADER;

AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 38149100045     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm113     Document Type: Article

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