Multiple mating opportunities boost protandry in a pied flycatcher population

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-76

  Canal, David ^a   Jovani, Roger ^a   Potti, Jaime ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Ficedula hypoleuca; Mate opportunity hypothesis; Protandry; Rank advantage hypothesis; Social polygyny

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SITE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; FITNESS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERI;

EID: 84855200670     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1253-8     Document Type: Article

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