Ecological correlates of extra-group paternity in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1607, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Isvaran, Kavita ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extra group paternity; Mammals; Mating systems; Oestrous synchrony

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39049189146     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3723     Document Type: Article

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