Extra-pair copulations predict extra-pair fertilizations in the American Crow

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Townsend, Andrea K ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardellina rubrifrons; Initiation date; Nest abandonment; Nest failure; Red faced Warbler; Snowstorm; Weather

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARDELLINA; CARDELLINA RUBRIFRONS; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 67650245344     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.090010     Document Type: Article

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