Who initiates extrapair mating in song sparrows?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Akçay, Çaǧlar ^a   Searcy, William A ^b   Campbell, S Elizabeth ^a   Reed, Veronica A ^a   Templeton, Christopher N ^a   Hardwick, Kayla M ^a   Beecher, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

extrapair paternity; radiotelemetry; sexual conflict; sexual selection; song sparrows

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SEASON; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PATERNITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 84555204656     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr147     Document Type: Article

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