Extrapair fertilizations and the potential for sexual selection in a socially monogamous songbird

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 770-776

  Poesel, Angelika ^a   Gibbs, H Lisle ^a   Nelson, Douglas A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bateman gradient; Extrapair paternity; Opportunity for sexual selection; Variance in reproductive success; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATING SUCCESS; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

PASSERI; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS PUGETENSIS;

EID: 81855180542     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.11127     Document Type: Article

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