Pair identity - An important factor concerning variation in extra-pair paternity in the coal tit (Parus ater)

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 817-835

  Dietrich, Verena ^a   Schmoll, Tim ^b   Winkel, Wolfgang ^c   Epplen, Jörg T ^d   Lubjuhn, Thomas ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Individual variation; Mate interaction; Multiple broods; Parus ater; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944230116     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539042265644     Document Type: Article

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