No evidence of extra-pair paternity in a colonial seabird, the common tern (sterna hirundo)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-222

  Griggio, Matteo ^a   Matessi, Giuliano ^b   Marin, Guglielmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adoption; Colonial waterbird; DNA fingerprinting; Life history; Paternity; Tern

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; COLONIAL BREEDING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATERNITY; SEABIRD;

AVES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 8144227158     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356575     Document Type: Article

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