No evidence of extra-pair paternity in the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

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Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 619-622

  Anker Nilssen, Tycho ^a   Kleven, Oddmund ^b   Aarvak, Tomas ^a,c   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Ornithological Society   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Auks; Genetic monogamy; Microsatellites; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; SEABIRD;

ALCIDAE; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; PINGUINUS;

EID: 51349155209     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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