Do male paternity guards ensure female fidelity in a duetting fairy-wren?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 222-228

  Hall, Michelle L ^a,b,c   Peters, Anne ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation duration; Courtship feeding; Duetting; Extra pair paternity; Mate guarding; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MATE GUARDING; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

AVES; MALURUS CORONATUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 58149234190     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn139     Document Type: Article

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