Manipulation of nest-box density affects extra-pair paternity in a population of blue tits (Parus caeruleus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-365

  Charmantier, Anne ^a   Perret, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Extra pair paternity; Intra specific variation; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY;

PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 4143065009     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0794-5     Document Type: Article

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