No evidence of extra-pair fertilization in Red-footed Boobies (Sula sula)

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Baião, Patricia C ^a   Parker, Patricia G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Fingerprinting; Gal pagos; Sula sula; Sulidae

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEABIRD;

PELICANIFORMES; SULA SULA; SULIDAE;

EID: 77749289160     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0122     Document Type: Article

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