Extrapair paternity in an insular population of house sparrows after the experimental introduction of individuals from the mainland

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Ockendon, Nancy ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^b   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extrapair paternity; Genetic variation; Introduction experiment; Island population; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING SEASON; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; ISLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; PARENTAGE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 64949197224     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp006     Document Type: Article

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