Male heterozygosity predicts territory size, song structure and reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1550, 2004, Pages 1823-1829

  Seddon, Nathalie ^a   Amos, William ^a   Mulder, Raoul A ^b   Tobias, Joseph A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group living; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites; Monias benschi; Song; Territory size

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; HETEROZYGOSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HETEROZYGOSITY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MONIAS BENSCHI; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MONIAS BENSCHI;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HETEROZYGOTE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 5444256337     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2805     Document Type: Article

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