Patterns of extrapair mating in relation to male dominance status and female nest placement in black-capped chickadees

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 757-765

  Mennill, Daniel J ^a,c,d   Ramsay, Scott M ^b   Boag, Peter T ^a   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped chickadee; Conspecific attraction; Extrapair copulations; Extrapair fertilizations; Female choice; Male dominance rank; Nest location; Poecile atricapillus

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GIS; MATING BEHAVIOR; NESTING;

ANIMALIA; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; POECILE; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 4344584524     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh076     Document Type: Article

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