Multiple paternity and offspring quality in tree swallows

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 911-922

  Dunn, Peter O ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Genetic benefits; Genetic polyandry; Immune response

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MULTIPLE MATING; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 63149084924     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0734-5     Document Type: Article

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