Non-breeding season events influence sexual selection in a long-distance migratory bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1662, 2009, Pages 1619-1626

  Reudink, Matthew W ^a   Marra, Peter P ^a   Kyser, T Kurt ^b   Boag, Peter T ^a   Langin, Kathryn M ^a,c   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

American redstart; Carry over; Extra pair paternity; Non breeding; Polygyny; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; COPULATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AMERICAN REDSTART; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; COPULATION; FEMALE; HABITAT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; WINTER;

AVES; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66349091686     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1452     Document Type: Article

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