Extrapair paternity in the swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana: Male access or female preference?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-294

  Olsen, Brian J ^a,b,d   Greenberg, Russell ^a   Fleischer, Robert C ^c   Walters, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Breeding synchrony; Good genes; Relative male quality; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual dimorphism; Sexy son

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 56749178689     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0660-y     Document Type: Article

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