Male pheasant-tailed jacanas commit infanticides to avoid cuckoldry when paternity of eggs is doubtful

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 47-48, 2008, Pages 2991-3000

  Chen, Te Chih ^a   Lin, Yao Sung ^a   Deng, Po Ling ^b   Ding, Tzung Su ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Guan Tian Pheasant tailed Jacana Reserve   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cuckoldry avoidance; Infanticidal behaviour; Jacanidae; Polyandry; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING SEASON; CONSPECIFIC; EGG; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GAMEBIRD; INCUBATION; INFANTICIDE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

HYDROPHASIANUS CHIRURGUS; JACANIDAE;

EID: 57349106688     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802389817     Document Type: Article

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