Declining extra-pair paternity with laying order associated with initial incubation behavior, but independent of final clutch size in the blue tit

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 603-612

  Vedder, Oscar ^a,b   Magrath, Michael J L ^a,c   Niehoff, Daphne L ^a   van der Velde, Marco ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brood size; Extra pair copulation; Fertility insurance; Incubation; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; INCUBATION; INHIBITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84858158122     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1308-x     Document Type: Article

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