Within-pair young are more immunocompetent than extrapair young in mixed-paternity broods of the red bishop

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 391-401

  Edler, Ralf ^a   Friedl, Thomas W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euplectes orix; extrapair paternity; fertility insurance; good genes; mate choice; nestling immunocompetence; polygynous weaverbird; red bishop; seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; SEASON;

AVES; EUPLECTES ORIX;

EID: 38649088922     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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