Off-territory forays and genetic mating system of the wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Evans, Melissa L ^a,b   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Woolfenden, Bonnie E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extrapair mating; Hylocichla mustelina; Off territory forays; Paternity; Radiotelemetry; Wood Thrush

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AVES; HYLOCICHLA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA;

EID: 66149189470     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.67     Document Type: Article

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