Genetic monogamy across variable demographic landscapes in cooperatively breeding Florida scrub-jays

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 464-470

  Townsend, Andrea K ^a   Bowman, Reed ^b   Fitzpatrick, John W ^a   Dent, Michelle ^b   Lovette, Irby J ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; extrapair paternity; Florida scrub jay; genetic monogamy

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES;

EID: 79955423899     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq227     Document Type: Article

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