Injury and paternity loss in cooperatively breeding American Crows

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Townsend, Andrea K ^a,c   Clark, Anne B ^b   McGowan, Kevin J ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corvus brachyrhynchos; Extrapair paternity; Fecundity; Fitness consequences of injury; Group composition; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 82255181539     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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