Sex-specific differential survival of extra-pair and within-pair offspring in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1722, 2011, Pages 3251-3259

  Sardell, Rebecca J ^a   Arcese, Peter ^b   Keller, Lukas F ^c   Reid, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Half sibling; Indirect benefits; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; POLYANDRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 80053201528     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0173     Document Type: Article

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