Bi-parental vs. cooperative breeding in a passerine: Fitness-maximizing strategies of males in response to risk of extra-pair paternity?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3929-3939

  Du, Bo ^a   Lu, Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi parental breeding; Cooperative breeding; Extra pair fertilization; Inclusive fitness; Reproductive success; Tibetan ground tit

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PASSERIFORMES; PSEUDOPODOCES HUMILIS;

EID: 70349126638     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04336.x     Document Type: Article

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