Unusually high levels of extrapair paternity in a duetting songbird with long-term pair bonds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 983-988

  Benedict, Lauryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California towhee; Extrapair paternity; Mating systems; Pipilo crissalis; Vocal duets

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI; PIPILO CRISSALIS;

EID: 41049095438     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0524-x     Document Type: Article

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